Customizing Starch Properties: A Review of Starch Modifications and Their Applications.

Polymers (Basel)

Biopolymer Analytics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, Building 20, Golm, 14476 Potsdam, Germany.

Published: August 2023

AI Article Synopsis

  • * To improve starch functionality and overcome these limitations, various modification techniques such as physical, chemical, and enzymatic methods are employed.
  • * This review discusses different starch modification methods, their resulting properties, and how these enhancements can meet specific industrial needs.

Article Abstract

Starch has been a convenient, economically important polymer with substantial applications in the food and processing industry. However, native starches present restricted applications, which hinder their industrial usage. Therefore, modification of starch is carried out to augment the positive characteristics and eliminate the limitations of the native starches. Modifications of starch can result in generating novel polymers with numerous functional and value-added properties that suit the needs of the industry. Here, we summarize the possible starch modifications and outside the plant system (physical, chemical, and enzymatic) and their corresponding applications. In addition, this review will highlight the implications of each starch property adjustment.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10459083PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym15163491DOI Listing

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