| abstract |
A process for making a heat treated, non-chemically modified, noncohesive starch or flour comprises the steps of providing a native, granular starch of a flour at a neutral or basic pH, dehydrating it to a moisture content of preferably less than 5 % by weight, and heating the starch or flour at greater than 100 °C for a period of time effective to obtain a product that is noncohesive when dispersed in an aqueous medium and gelatinized. The starch of flour is used in place of chemically cross-linked starches or flours. |