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Carboxymethyl starch sodium (CMS)
Carboxymethyl starch is an anionic starch ether, an electrolyte that dissolves in cold water. Carboxymethyl starch ether was first made in 1924 and was industrialized in 1940. It is a kind of modified starch, belongs to ether starch, is a kind of water-soluble anion polymer compound. It is tasteless, non-toxic, not easy to mould when the degree of substitution is greater than 0.2 more easily soluble in water.
