Gelatinization
plantCarb offers a healthy food ingredient that are resistant to gelatinization after heating to water-boiling temperature (100 C): plantCarb Lean Food.
- plantCarb Lean Food is a special starch containing more than 90% amylose and only up to 10% amylopectin.
- plantCarb Lean Food is purified from a specially bred barley variant.
- plantCarb Lean Food is a Resistant Starch that reduces the glycemic index of the food product, depending on the level of plantCarb Lean Food in the individual recipe.
- Thus, plantCarb Lean Food supports a healthy choice in control of overweight and type-2 diabetes.
plantCarb Lean Food only gelatinize at approximately 130 oC. Thus, plantCarb Lean Food can be added to e.g., liquid food products that are pasteurized – without gelatinization, as would normally starch.
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Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition (2022)