**The Primary Products business (bulk sweeteners, acidulants, industrial starches, personal care, co-products, ethanol) has been rebranded as Primient from 1 March 2022. It remains wholly owned by Tate & Lyle until the agreed sale of a controlling interest to KPS has closed. This is expected to happen beginning of April 2022. Read the full details of the sale here >
The ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch family offers a complete range of ethylated starches for surface sizing and coating applications. These starches provide system cleanliness, viscosity stability, adhesive strength, pigment binding, and excellent water retention. Hydroxyethyl substitution significantly alters the functional properties of the starch, and the various degrees of thinning provide near tailor-made solutions for size press or coating applications.
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Precisely manufactured, with varying degrees of molecular weight modification, ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch provides optimum viscosity for substrate penetration and film-forming for size press applications.
Use ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch in bag making formulations.
ETHYLEX® Surface Treatment Starch can be used at the size press and calendar stack, for both clear and pigmented surface sizing. It can also be used in coating applications as a binder, capable of replacing latex in many formulations. Its wide range of viscosities allows you to create tailor-made and cost-saving solutions.
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