PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF PREGELATINIZED STARCH AND/OR PREGELATINIZED FLOUR AND PREGELATINIZED STARCH AND/OR PREGELATINIZED FLOUR OBTAINABLE FROM SAID PROCESS

摘要

Process is provided for the preparation of pregelatinized starch and/or pregelatinized flour, comprising the steps of: providing an aqueous medium having a pH in the range of -1.0 to 7.5; mixing starch and/or flour with the aqueous medium to form a starch composition having a pH in the range of 2.0 to 7.9, wherein the starch composition has the aqueous medium as continuous phase and contains between 5 and 60 wt.%, expressed as percentage of dry matter on total weight of the starch composition, of particles of starch and/or flour; and pregelatinizing the starch composition, wherein said composition is heated using a drum dryer to form the pregelatinized starch and/or pregelatinized flour; wherein during the heating the starch composition is dried using the drum dryer.