Starch Flashcards
Addition of water breaks up amylose crystallinity and
disrupts helices
addition of more heat
causes more swelling, amylose begins to diffuse out of granule
granules collapsed and held in
a matrix of amylose forming a gel
Starch gelatinization is
the collapse (disruption) of molecular
order within the starch granule manifested in irreversible changes in properties
in irreversible
changes in properties
granular swelling, native crystalline melting, loss of birefringence, uncoiling and dissociation of the double helices and starch solubilisation
Starch gelatinnization (other definition)
Destruction of molecular order and irreversible
swelling of starch granules under the influence of heat and/or chemicals in an aqueous medium to give starch paste
In the presence of water, when starch is heated sufficiently
the granule begins to swell
Swelling of granule
causes viscosity to increase
FACTORS AFFECTING DEGREE OF GELATINIZATION
WATER CONTENT
Starch in excess water (>60%)
full gelatinization, with suitable time and
temperature
Starch in limited water (<60%)
Partial gelatinization, depending on other factors
(time-temperature
Limited water- mechanism of gelatinization
Gelatinization of amylopectin crystalline
happen at higher temperature
excess water-mechanism of gelatinzation
-Heat will weaken the hydrogen bonding in amorphous granules, and facilitate the
absorption of water into the granule
-Granule swelling that start from amorphous will destabilized the crystalline region and gelatinization of amylopectin occurred
In baked products –
many starch granules remain
ungelatinized
In cookies and pie crust (high fat and low water)
about 90% of wheat granules remain ungelatinized
- In cake and white bread (high in moisture) –
90% are gelatinized, although many become deformed
EFFECT OF OTHER INGREDIENTS; sugar
Very hydrophilic, compete for water with starch, sugar love water
Smaller size of sugar bind easier to water
molecules,
less water available for starch granules
under effect of sugar
Shifted gelatinization temperature to higher temperature
FAT/EMULSIFIER
- Coating effect
Formation of amylose-lipid complexes
Bind tightly into the hydrophobic region of the helix, absorb less water
fat have Ability to hold amylose
reduce the tendency of
starch to retrograde