Maize (Zea mays) is classified into dent, flint, waxy, sweet and pop corn categories. Dent corn also known as field corn, containing both hard and soft starch, becomes indented at maturity. Flint corn having hard, horny, rounded or short and flat kernels; with the soft and starchy endosperm is enclosed by hard outer layer. Both of these varieties are used for industrial purposes. Popcorn has small pointed and rounded kernels with very hard endosperm which on exposure to dry heat popped or evereted by the expulsion of the contained moisture and forming a White starchy mass many times the size of the original kernel. Sweet corn is distinguished by kernels containing a high percentage of sugar in the milk stage and therefore suitable for table use. Indian maize has white, red, purple, brown or multicoloured kernels and is characteristically dent corn. The dent corn is useful for starch processing by wet milling method. Among all cereals, maize occupies the fifth largest in area, fourth largest in output and third largest in yield. India is the tenth largest producer with a production of 11.10 mMT from an area of 6.6 million ha. The average yield in India is 1.77 MT/ha which is very low as against 7 MT/ha in temperate areas of developed economies and 3.8 MT/ha of global average. USES Maize starch chemical formula (C6H10O5)n also know as Corn starch or flour is a fundamental ingredient in most of the packaged food and industrial products; it is extracted from the corn kernel and has a distinctive appreance and feed. Maize starch in natural ,modified, pregeletanised and dextrinised forms provides viscosity, texture and other desired properties to all types of food & paper, products from canned chilled frozen to microwaveable goods, dry mixes and extruded snacks. Practically every industry in existence uses starch or its derivatives in one form or another. Market Survey Starch is not an uniform commodity, however. It is a heterogeneous commodity used in the manufacture of myriad food and non food products. Market demand for starch is strongly and positively correlated with average per capita income. Starch extracted from different commodities has different properties. Many end users require specific kinds of starch for making their products, and therefore demand starch derived from specific commodities. If the kind of starch they require is not available, then starch may undergo further processing and modification. The demand for modified starch is increasing rapidly but is still far below that of native starch (also called primary starch) in developing countries. Further, starch quality may be affected by post harvest practices. India is the tenth largest producer with a production of 11.10 million MT from an area of 6.6 million ha. The quantity of starch consumed in food and non food products in a country is closely associated with the level of economic development and income of that country. As per capita incomes rise, consumers demand a more varied set of food and manufactured products that use starch in their making. Thus, there is a close and positive relationship between income and quantity of starch demanded. Few Indian Major Players are as under: Amaravati Agro Ltd. Bharat Starch Inds. Ltd. [Merged] E I C L Ltd. Gayatri Bioorganics Ltd. Gujarat Ambuja Proteins Ltd. [Merged] Gulshan Polyols Ltd. Hindustan Maize Products Ltd. Indian Maize & Chemicals Ltd. International Bestfoods Ltd. [Merged] Jayant Vitamins Ltd. K G Gluco Biols Ltd. [Merged] Kamala Sugar Mills Ltd. Laxmi Starch Ltd. Origin Agrostar Ltd. Rai Agro Inds. Ltd. Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols Ltd. Santosh Starch Ltd. Santosh Starch Products Ltd. Sayaji Industries Ltd. Starch & Chemicals Ltd. Sukhjit Starch & Chemicals Ltd. Tan India Ltd. Tirupati Starch & Chemicals Ltd. Unicorn Organics Ltd. Unique Sugars Ltd. Universal Starch Chem Allied Ltd. Wockhardt Health Care Ltd. [Merged] Cost Estimation Capacity Maize Starch : 100 MT/Day Liquid Glucose : 50 MT/Day Malto Dextrin Syrup : 20 MT/ Day Malto Dextrin Powder: 10 MT/ Day Dextrose Monohydrate: 50 MT/ Day Dextrose Anhydrous: 30 MT/ Day Sorbitol : 50 MT /Day Cattle Feed as By Product :150 Mt/ Day