Corn Starch

About Everyday Corn Starch:

CADIA® Everyday Corn Starch is a fine, silky powder with no flavor of its own — which is precisely the point. Whisked into a cold slurry and stirred into simmering liquid, it thickens quickly into a smooth, glossy body that never turns pasty or dull the way flour-based thickeners can. It brings clarity to fruit pie fillings, sheen to stir-fry sauces, and a light, brittle crispness to fried coatings. Free from artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives, it’s a single pure ingredient that improves texture without touching taste.

Cadia® Made:

The honest quality and dependable performance that come only from simple, genuine ingredients. You’ll taste the remarkable difference—a valued staple within our lineup of wholesome foods.

Cadia® Passion:

CADIA® 16 oz. Everyday Corn Starch is Non-GMO Project Verified and made without artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives. Packaged in a sturdy box that keeps it fine, dry, and clump-free.

Uses for Everyday Corn Starch:

Corn starch is the fastest route to a properly thickened sauce. Whisk it with cold water first, then stir the slurry into simmering gravy, pan sauce, stir-fry sauce, soup, or stew and let it come to a boil to activate fully. It’s what gives Chinese-style sauces their glossy cling and holds fruit pie, cobbler, and tart fillings together without clouding the color. In desserts it sets puddings, custards, cream pies, and lemon curd to a smooth, spoonable body, and a spoonful folded into cookie or shortbread dough produces a softer, more tender crumb. It also stabilizes whipped cream and keeps meringue from weeping. For frying, corn starch is the secret to a light, shattering crust — dredge chicken, fish, tofu, or vegetables in it alone or cut it with flour, and it fries up crisper and less greasy than flour on its own. It’s equally handy for dusting so foods don’t stick, and for keeping shredded cheese and confections from clumping.

History of Corn Starch:

Corn starch is a nineteenth-century American invention. In 1842, Thomas Kingsford, working at a wheat starch plant in New Jersey, developed a process for separating starch from corn — a cheaper and more abundant raw material — and the product he created quickly found its way into laundries as a fabric stiffener. Its move into the kitchen came later, as cooks discovered that it thickened more efficiently than flour, with half the quantity and none of the raw, floury taste. By the turn of the century corn starch was standard in American cookbooks, and it became indispensable in Chinese and pan-Asian cooking for the velveting technique and the glossy sauces it makes possible. CADIA® Everyday Corn Starch continues that legacy: one pure ingredient, quietly making everything around it better.

Everyday Corn Starch Testimonial:

“This is my go-to for gravy and stir-fry sauce — thickens fast and comes out glossy every time, never gluey. I also use it in my fried chicken dredge and the crust stays crunchy far longer.” – Priya N.

Nutrition Facts
About 57 servings per container
Serving size 1 tbsp. (8g)
Amount per serving
Calories	30
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g	0%
Saturated Fat 0g	0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg	0%
Sodium 0mg	0%
Total Carbohydrate 7g	3%
Dietary Fiber 0g	0%
Total Sugars 0g
Includes 0g Added Sugars	0%
Protein 0g
Vitamin D 0mcg	0%
Calcium 0mg	0%
Iron 0mg	0%
Potassium 0mg	0%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Country of Origin: USA