WHAT IS PREGELATINIZED STARCH? Pregelatinized is also called Alpha starch. It is a native starch, but cooked, then dried. It has passed the Starch gelatinization process. Starch gelatinization is a process of breaking down the intermolecular bonds of starch molecules in the presence of water and heat, allowing the hydrogen bonding sites (the hydroxyl hydrogen and oxygen) to engage more water. This irreversibly dissolves the starch granule in water. Water […]
