Starch gelatinisation

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the food-chemistry subtree

On heating in water above Tg (~60–75°C depending on source), amylopectin crystallites melt and amylose leaches, yielding viscous paste. Retrogradation on cooling recrystallises amylose — basis of staling of bread.

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