This year’s maize harvest is shaping up to be one of the worst in the past five years, according to one of our agronomists. Soils may need some remedial action to repair the damage. Elsewhere ...

As soon as starch — whether it be in the form of boiled rice, french fries, or momos — enters the human mouth, an enzyme in the saliva starts breaking it down. This enzyme, known as amylase, was ...

But archaeological evidence in recent years has challenged this view, suggesting that humans long ago developed a taste for carbohydrates, roasting things such as tubers and other starch-laden ...

Maize, or corn, grows tall, with thin stalks that boast ears of the cereal grain used in food production, trade and security globally. However, due to rain, wind and other increasingly extreme ...

It’s unknown what caused the silos to collapse or how much wheat entered the river. The Shoalhaven plant is one of the largest wheat starch and gluten plants of its kind in the world, processing more ...

Two new studies found that ancient human ancestors carried a surprising diversity of genes for amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starch. By Carl Zimmer As soon as you put starch in your mouth ...

Starchy and non-starchy vegetables have many important differences, but their key difference is their total starch content, which is very important in the context of your total diet. Eating plenty ...

An "alarming number" of 400 dogs are thought to have died over the past month in Zambia after eating contaminated maize and humans could be at risk too, the country's health minister has said.