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# Amylose leaching
# Amylose leaching


=== Gelatinzation ===
=== Gelatinization ===


The cell walls get broken.
The cell walls get broken.


== Results ==
== Results ==

Revision as of 21:52, 3 July 2026

Introduction

Theory

Starch

Potato starch contains typical large oval spherical granules ranging in size from 5 to 100 μm.

Starch gelatinization

  1. Granule swelling
  2. Melting of double helical structures
  3. Amylose leaching

Gelatinization

The cell walls get broken.

Results