Ingredients · Baking and dry goods

Cornflour

How long it keeps

About 18 months unopened

Source: FoodKeeper (USDA), 220 Cornstarch, 18–24 Months · https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/fsis-foodkeeper-data

What ends it. It takes up water from the air, which is what makes it cake, soften or grow mould. How to make it last longer

Storage

Cool, dry, airtight. The only thickener worth carrying. Slake it in cold water first or it lumps irretrievably.

The pack

Typical UK size
250 g
Weight packed
262 g
Volume
350 ml

Computed from net weight and standard pack geometry, not weighed. Manufacturers publish net weight and nobody publishes packed weight or displaced volume, so this is an estimate and is labelled as one.

Per 100 g

Deliberately narrow. These are the five things a long-life diet actually gets wrong, plus energy and protein. It is not a general nutrition model and is not meant to be.

Energy
361 kcal
Protein
0.5 g
Fibre
0 g
Vitamin C
not measured
Vitamin A
not measured
Omega-3
not measured
Sodium
60 mg

Source: Doves Farm Organic Cornflour (110 g), label as published by Abel & Cole · https://www.abelandcole.co.uk/cornflour-doves-farm · accessed 2026-09-20

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