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. 2020 Aug 6;9(8):1073. doi: 10.3390/foods9081073

Table 1.

Rheological properties and texture parameters of 5% native starch pastes.

Starch Potato Waxy Potato Corn Waxy Corn
Gelatinization temperature (°C) 62.0 ± 0.1 64.8 ± 0.1 84.5 ± 0.1 68.7 ± 0.1
Final viscosity (BU) 1133 ± 24 612 ± 15 296 ± 10 348 ± 9
Breakdown (BU) 1319 ± 30 888 ± 8 6 ± 1 422 ± 7
Setback (BU) 621 ± 20 233 ± 10 149 ± 7 a 140 ± 10 a
Consistency index (Pa∙sn) 31.86 ± 0.98 10.93 ± 0.60 ab 16.71 ± 5.09 b 5.47 ± 0.36 a
Flow behavior index (-) 0.468 ± 0.001 a 0.495 ± 0.006 a 0.356 ± 0.044 0.508 ± 0.006 a
Thixotropy (Pa∙s−1) 49,535 ± 2496 10054 ± 547 a 7208 ± 3298 a 5503 ± 839 a
Hardness (N) 0.42 ± 0.03 a 0.35 ± 0.00 a 0.57 ± 0.07 0.34 ± 0.00 a
Adhesiveness (N∙s) −0.21 ± 0.06 0.00 ± 0.01 a −0.92 ± 0.13 0.00 ± 0.00 a
Cohesiveness (-) 0.74 ± 0.01 a 0.73 ± 0.00 a 0.78 ± 0.04 a 0.74 ± 0.00 a
Springiness (-) 0.99 ± 0.01 a 1.00 ± 0.00 a 0.96 ± 0.04 a 1.00 ± 0.00 a
Gumminess (N) 0.31 ± 0.02 a 0.26 ± 0.00 a 0.44 ± 0.07 0.25 ± 0.00 a

Explanatory notes: data are expressed as mean value ± standard deviation. Values denoted with the same letter within a row (a, b) do not differ significantly (p > 0.05).