Physically modified potato starch

Physically modified potato starch is preferred in processed foods because of its improved functional properties over those of its native counterpart. Moreover, this modified strach can be safely used in different food products and other industrial applications. Different physical... 

OPT is a new method of physical modification, in which potato starch is suspended in solution saturated with a salt such as sodium sulfate and heated (autoclaved) at temperatures above 100° C for different times. This treatment has been reported to have the same effects on the starch properties as HMT but the starch modified using OPT exhibits better homogeneity (Pukkahuta et al., 2007). 

Food Starch, Modified, usually occurs as white or nearly white powders as intact granules and if pregelatinized (that is, subjected to heat treatment in the presence of water), as flakes, amorphous powders, or coarse particles. Modified food starches are products of the treatment of any of several grain-or root-based native starches (for example, com, sorghum, wheat, potato, tapioca, and sago), with small amounts of certain chemical agents, which modify the physical characteristics of the native starches to produce desirable properties. 

Statches ftom different plant sources differ in their amylose/ amylopectin ratio. For example, com starch contains about 27% amylose, potato starch about 22%, and tapioca statch about 17%. In contrast, waxy com statch contains almost entirely amylopectin, with no amylose. These diffetences modify the physical properties of the statches such that the various types may not be interchangeable in a given pharmaceutical application. For example, amylose-rich maize starch has been studied as a potential tablet film-coating ingtedi-... 

---