Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have recently created a healthier form of starch in the cassava plant. Published in the scientific journal Plant ...

Retrogradation is a process in which food starches, after cooking and cooling, crystallize to become resistant to digestion. The conversion reduces the digestible calories and increases health ...

IT is assumed that the molecules of amylopectin and glycogen have a ramified structure, the glucose residues being united by α-glucosidic 1,4- or 1,6-linkages, the latter representing the branching ...

Humble potatoes are a rich source not only of dietary carbohydrates for humans, but also of starches for numerous industrial applications. Scientists are learning how to alter the ratio of potatoes' ...

A recent study published in the journal Foods discusses the effects of starch structure on human health. Study: Effects of the Molecular Structure of Starch in Foods on Human Health. Image Credit: ...