“…During gelatinisation, starch granules undergo hydration, formation of ghost remnants (derived from the external layers of the granule), swelling (radial and tangential), exudation of amylose and amylopectin (to a limited extent), loss of birefringence, loss of crystallinity and changes in viscosity. Morphological and ultrastructural changes during starch gelatinisation have been observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in potato, waxy maize, normal maize, barley, oat, wheat, cassava and in chemically modified maize starches (Atkin, Abeysekera, Cheng, & Robards, 1998;Autio, Poutanen, Suortti, & Pessa, 1992;Bowler, Williams, & Angold, 1980;Christianson, Baker, Loffredo, & Bagley, 1982;Fannon & BeMiller, 1992;Garcia, Colonna, Bouchet, & Gallant, 1997;Ghiasi, Hoseney, & Varriano-Marston, 1982;Holmes & Soeldner, 1981;Langton & Hermansson, 1989;Li, Vasanthan, Rossnagel, & Hoover, 2001b;Liu & Zhao, 1990;Myll€ arinen, Autio, Schulman, & Poutanen, 1998;Svegmark, Kidman, & Hermansson, 1993;VarrianoMarston, Zeleznak, & Nowotna, 1985;Williams & Bowler, 1982). Morphological and structural changes at various temperature and moisture combinations have been shown to influence rheological behaviour and functionality of starch gels (Autio, 1990;Christianson et al, 1982;Hermansson & Svegmark, 1996;Lii, Shao, & Tseng, 1995;Sterling, 1978).…”