Xanthin in corn starch residue is a mixture of fat soluble and water soluble pigments, which are blood red in colour in the pure extraction and lemon yellow in its diluted solution.
[Ben] So this gelatinous seaweed or Dorset Moss, has very much fallen out of fashion, because other alternatives have stepped in, like gelatin and, and corn starch.
The problem is that patties don't grow on trees, so they must be bound together to create the burger texture, which often means unhealthy fillers like gums, yeast extract, and corn starch.
Shaheen says that she, like many Palestinians in the diaspora, mimics the texture and flavour of sahlab powder with the easier-to-find combination of corn starch (cornflour) and either rose water or orange blossom water.