Smiltex-P has a Carboxyl group attached to it, which gives the desired characteristics for Textile applications. Smiltex-P has increased water holding and water absorbing qualities, which decreases the tendency of penetration or migration in a pigmented coating formula. Smiltex-P has improved whiteness, and it cooks to a thin paste, which is relatively clear at elevated temperatures. Smiltex-P gels show considerably less set back and are less cloudy and more fluid than unmodified parent starch. Moreover, being anionic Smiltex-P strongly absorbers cationic dyes.

Paper Industry

It is used as a wet end additive for surface treatment of the paper & board. The use of oxidized starch is as filler retention it provides strength properties to sheets. In the convention system it can be added as a paste or solution at the beater end in a continuous system just before the refiners.

The use of this starch improves the bonding of loosely attached paper fiber & filler. This will improve burst tensile strength of untreated can be raised to the desired level. The picking resistance of offset printing ink can be greatly improved.