`Modified starches and their use in todays food processing industry.`Retrieve, analyse and critically evaluate the current range of starches currently being used in the food processing industry.

The Use of Modified Starches In The Food Processing Industry

Ridgwell (2001 ,

. 63 ) defines modified starches as one of the many ingredients that are found in certain food products and are mostly used as thickeners in prepared soups , hot drinks , as well as sauces . Modified starches are likewise called as that because there were several processes made that were done in to change or correct ' some part of the starch which will then allow it to exhibit the same properties that is needed by the food preparation all the time . However

it does not mean that they are in any way genetically modified these starches were just chemically or physically altered so that they could be used the way that they are in food preparations . Somogyi (2001 ,

br 477 ) adds that modified starches are usually found in processed food preparations that are mostly subjected to processes where normal unmodified starch could not do relatively well . They are used in several food products such as processed baby food , purees , confectioneries prepared jellies , instant cake mixes , premade dough , several soup mixes in powdered form and those in liquid form in cans , instant noodles premade desserts like puddings , canned pie fillings , ready to prepare batter mixes , prepared sauces , prepared salad dressings , dairy desserts like ice cream , certain snack foods and in canned food . Modified starches serve as either binders ' or extenders ' in various processed meat products like sausages , cured hams and luncheon meat Modified starches could also be used as fat...