A common ingredient in food processing, maize starch is used to thickensoups and sauces, make corn syrup and other sugars, and coat fried foods tomake them crispier. Maize starch has many industrial applications,including as an anti-sticking agent, in paper products, and in textilemanufacturing. It can also be used in adhesives, drilling starch, and bioplastics.Maize starch is used in many cosmetics and oral pharmaceutical products,including as a filler, diluent, humectant, binder, and disintegrated. It can also be used to supply glucose for people with glycogen storagedisease. Maize starch can be applied to rashes, burns, and itching tohelp relieve them, and it can also remove excess oil from the skin.