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Cornstarch, arrowroot, and tapioca are the most popular starch thickeners. Cornstarch is the best choice for thickening dairy-based sauces. Potato starch is slightly grainy to the touch and off white in color as apposed to the velvety white of cornstarch.orn and potato starch are very similar products and can be easily substituted with each other, which is happenes often in the food processing industry, depending on price and availability. I find the feel of corn starch a bit softer then the feel of potato starch. Marinus H Â· 8 years ago.
We are researching the differences between starches and flours for our starch vs flour segment, potato was first up now it is cornflour (the starch) vs maize flour. The first thing to clarify here is that the naming conventions for corn starches and flours differ markedly between the UK, US and Australia. Cornflour in Australia and the UK is the same as cornstarch in the US. Also in Australia we have cornflour made from wheat so make sure youa are buying the corn version. What we in Australia call maize flour is the same as the USâs cornflour or more commonly used, cornmeal.