Potato starch is a very refined starch, containing minimal amount of protein or fat. Potato starch gives the powder a clear white color, and the cooked starch typical characteristics as neutral taste, good clarity, high binding strength, long texture and a minimal tendency of foaming or yellowing of the solution.

1. The potato germ and endosperm is enclosed by bran. The germ is easy to be separated from the endosperm after potato starch machinery.

2. After peeling the potato particles, the finished products will contain fewer husks, increasing quality of the products.

3. The potato starch machinery increases purity of the products as it removes polluted bran after peeling.

4. The potato starch machinery improves corn flour quality.

Potato starch used in technical applications as wallpaper glue, for textile finishing and textile sizing, in paper coating and sizing and as paper sacks adhesive. Potato starch machinery includes wet and dry methods. Dry peeling means the potato directly goes to the potato starch machinery without moisture adjustment section after cleaning, which is suitable for high moisture content potato.

Wet peeling needs moisture adjustment, which is quite popular in potato processing, particularly for low moisture content potato.