Potato starch, Native potato starch

Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains (leucoplasts). To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed . The starch is then washed out and dried to powder. Potato starch contains typical large oval srical granules ranging in size between 5 and 100 μm. Potato starch is a very refined starch, containing minimal protein or fat.