Starch production is an isolation of starch from plant sources. It takes place in starch plants. Starch industry is a part of food processing which is using starch as a starting material for production of starch derivatives, hydrolysates, dextrins. At first, the raw material for the preparation of the starch was wheat. Currently main starch sources are: * maize (in America) – 70%, * potatoes (in Europe) – 12%, * wheat - 8%, * tapioca - 9%, * rice, sorghum and other - 1%.