Corn starch may have a future as a foam packaging material.

The article reports on the use of foams based on corn starch for substituting polystyrene foams through technology being created by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) in the U.S. Research plant psychologist Gregory Glenn said that the technology uses inexpensive starch from corn, potatoes or wheat. It notes that the technology involves two processes, making a product similar to expanded polystyrene and the other a fiber-reinforced foam.