Innovation center
Laboratories, pilot equipment and the Guangdong engineering research center.
R&D & INNOVATION
Research that turns starch chemistry into working products.
The Gaofeng Starch Innovation Center covers 3,000 m² and supports R&D across more than ten fields, from food and petroleum drilling to starch-based degradable materials.
Full-time researchers
Doctors, masters and overseas-trained scientists.
Specialized laboratories
Food, drilling mud, scale-up, quality, materials and microbiology.
Provincial engineering center
Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Modified Starch Deep Processing.
Laboratories
- Drilling mud laboratory
- Modified-starch research laboratory
- Food application laboratory
- Scale-up laboratory
- Quality control laboratory
- Functional materials laboratory
- Microbiology laboratory
Pilot and test equipment
- High-temperature roller oven and aging cells
- HTHP filter press and six-speed rotational viscometer
- Brabender viscograph
- Pilot drum dryer and pilot twin-screw extruder
- Laboratory spray dryer and reaction vessels of various sizes
Partners
South China University of Technology
Doctoral research workstation and joint research.
Jiangnan University
Long-term cooperation in starch and food science.
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group
Joint development of capsule-grade and healthcare starch.
Oilfield chemistry experts
Drilling-fluid specialists work with Gaofeng's starch scientists on mud systems.
From commercial products to joint research
We separate what we supply today from what is still in development, so customers know exactly what they can order.
- 12 food-grade starch platforms
- Drilling fluid-loss starches five grades, GFSY-A10 to GFSY-B165 (verified to 165°C)
- Starch-based super absorbents
- Starch-based biodegradable plastics
- Fish feed thickener
- Starches for building materials, paper, textile and adhesives
- 180°C high-temperature drilling starch
- Brine-system drilling starch
- Desiccant and acid-modified starches
- Specialty construction additives
- Capsule-grade and healthcare starch, with CSPC Pharmaceutical Group
- Starch for lithium-battery applications
- Starch for specialty fibres
- Bio-based starch for hygiene materials
Products in application development or joint R&D are not offered as standard supply. Contact us about pilot projects.
Patents
5 invention patents and 6 utility-model patents, covering hydroxypropyl starch preparation, modified-starch applications and production equipment.
Send us your formulation and process conditions.
Tell us the product, process temperature, pH, shear and the result you need. Our application team will suggest grades and an evaluation route.