Boiling of potatoes: Difference between revisions
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Potato starch contains typical large oval spherical granules ranging in size from 5 to 100 μm. | Potato starch contains typical large oval spherical granules ranging in size from 5 to 100 μm. | ||
Starch is stored in organelles called amyloplasts within plant cells. These amyloplasts convert glucose into starch and store it for later use. Some plant roots and embryos, in the form of seeds and fruit, also serve as storage units for starch. | |||
Starch gelatinization | Starch gelatinization | ||
Revision as of 21:55, 3 July 2026
Introduction
Theory
Starch
Potato starch contains typical large oval spherical granules ranging in size from 5 to 100 μm.
Starch is stored in organelles called amyloplasts within plant cells. These amyloplasts convert glucose into starch and store it for later use. Some plant roots and embryos, in the form of seeds and fruit, also serve as storage units for starch.
Starch gelatinization
- Granule swelling
- Melting of double helical structures
- Amylose leaching
Gelatinization
The cell walls get broken.
