non-starchy

See also: nonstarchy

English

Alternative forms

• nonstarchy

Etymology

non- +‎ starchy

Adjective

non-starchy (not comparable)

1. Not containing starch or carbohydrates.
   • 2004, Ann-Charlotte Eliasson, Starch in Food‎^[1], →ISBN, page 484:

     This resistant starch fraction is resistant to amylase digestion in the human digestive tract and exhibits digestive behaviour similar to that of the non-starchy polysaccharide fraction (NSP) or indigestible oligosaccharides