Profile: Universal Starch Chem Allied Ltd. manufactures maize starch powder. Our products include maize starch powder - IP (super quality), maize starch powder - (pure), utexlose, dextrose monohydrate, dextrose anhydrous, maize germ and high maltose corn syrup. Maize starch is a mixture of polysaccharides which contain about 74 % amylopectin & 26 % amylose. Our product maize starch powder - IP (super quality) is a fine white powder and is odorless. It is microbiologically suitable as pharmaceutical grade and useful in pharmaceutical & food industry as a binder, thickener, disintegrating agents in tableting and various formulations. Drugs and medicaments are required to be taken in small but accurate doses in the form of pills and tablets. Starch is used because it is bland and capable of digestion.