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> > What if any are the cons for feeding powdered sugar which has less than 3
> percent corn starch in it?


Bob gave an excellent answer.  The starch is largely insoluble, and
precipitates out when the sugar is dissolved in water.  That is the goo at
the bottom.  I do not know how much starch remains in solution, but easy to
test.

Starch reacts with iodine to form a purplish-black color.  Simply drop
medicinal iodine tincture into your syrup to see how much starch it
contains, by color.

Randy Oliver

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