As a carbohydrate occurring in food products, especially cereal- and potato-based ones, and in organs of some tropical plants, starch provides the organism with necessary energy approximating 4 kcal (16.7 kJ) per g.
As a carbohydrate occurring in food products, especiallycereal- and potato-based ones, and in organs of sometropical plants, starch provides the organism with necessaryenergy approximating 4 kcal (16.7 kJ) per g.