“…Swelling power of native sugar palm starch (14.50 g/ g) is higher compared to reported values for arrowroot, mung bean, sweet potato, and corn starch (4.87-11.42 g/g) (Nathania et al, 2017;Stahl et al, 2007;Sugih et al, 2015;Sugih et al, 2016), but lower than swelling power of pinhao starch (26.02 g/ g) (Stahl et al, 2007). Its solubility (7.91 %-w/ w) is again relatively high compared to arrowroot, mung bean, sweet potato, and corn starch (1.669-7.26 %-w/ w) but rather low compared to pinhao starch (22.07 %w/ w) (Nathania et al, 2017;Stahl et al, 2007;Sugih et al, 2015;Sugih et al, 2016). Substitution of starch hydroxyl groups with phosphate significantly improves the swelling power and solubility of sugar palm starch.…”