What is the Freezing point of corn syrup?

Answer 1

Theoretically, the freezing point (temperature at which a liquid becomes a solid) should be the same temperature as the melting point (temperature at which a solid beceomes a liquid). However, recent research points out that sugars don't melt, they decompose, because they discovered that the melting point was heating rate dependent. A sugar will go to a liquid state at a lower temperature if you heat it up quickly, but it isn't really that sugar anymore, so it really hasn't melted. If you heat it up more slowly, you can get different (sometimes more desireable) flavors once it does liquify. This is based on research from Shelly Schmidt, a University of Illinois professor of food chemistry, published in 2011.

Answer 2

Hello there. Cornstarch has a very high melting point so when heated it will not melt... and if it does it will be at a very high temperature over quite a period of time.

An example of a low melting point is Candle Wax. A medium melting point would be Sugar (very slow melt).

Hope this Helps :)

DK

Answer 3

There are some contradicting answers:

• The (Corn) Starch decomposes below melting point, around 250ºC+o-...
• it is between 160 - 170 Celsius it is between 160 - 170 Celsius

If you are talking about corn starch powder, the MSDS that I can find do not list a melting point.

Answer 4

32ºF