“…Starch is considered fully gelatinized when the starch granules have been dissolved to the point that only starch ghosts remain in the solution (Atkin et al, 1998;Rockland, Jones, & Hahn, 1977). When a hot gelatinous starch melt is cooled, the dispersed amylose molecules reassociate in a process known as retrogradation and form elastic gels (Blaszczak, Fornal, Valverde, & Garrido, 2005;Fannon & Bemiller, 1993;Richardson et al, 2004). Starch gels consist of a three-dimensional matrix of a continuous phase of amylose molecules containing uniformly dispersed ghosts that act as filler ( Figure 15.3a and b) (Morris, 1990).…”