Parchment Paper? Corn Starch?

[Kyrie]

Hello, \n\nI saw that someone else asked about whether there is corn starch in cupcake wrappers and paper plates. That question has not been answered yet, but is got me thinking about parchment paper. \n\nWould parchment paper have corn starch???? \n\nIf anyone knows the answer, please let me know, since I use parchment paper all the time! \n\nThanks, \nKyrie

[AltFoodGuy]

Interesting question and something I didn't even consider since I just assumed it was paper. Unlike everything else I eat which I scrutinize so much or try to. After doing some research it seems that as much as I can find out (and can be trusted online) that there doesn't seem to be any corn starch. The paper does under go a process called "parchmentizing"(didn't know that was a word or thing). The process according the [patent](https://www.google.com/patents/US2075695) seems to use sulphuric acid to make the paper resistant to high heat. \n\nDon't know if there is something in SCD about sulphuic acid but doesn't seem to have corn starch at least since I do use parchment paper with my cakes. There also seems to be some other methods but no mention of corn starch. \n\nHope that helps.

[Kyrie]

Thank you so much! I appreciate you researching this! ~Kyrie