Inhibited non-pregelatinized granular starches

An inhibited non-chemically modified non-pregelatinized granular starch that is highly inhibited, the inhibited non-chemically modified non-pregelatinized granular starch having:

• a continuing rise in viscosity without attaining a peak viscosity, wherein viscosity is measured by heating the starch in an amount of 5% to 6.3% dry solids basis in water having a pH of 3 at a temperature of 92° C. to 95° C., wherein the inhibited non-pregelatinized starch is not chemically modified;
• a specific sedimentation volume of no more than 18 mL/g, the specific sedimentation volume being the bulk volume occupied by swollen starch granules per mass unit of dry starch, when cooked using a Rapid Visco Analyzer under the following procedure:
• preparation of a slurry of 2.5% dry starch by weight in pH 6.5 phosphate buffer;
• 38 g total slurry;
• Rapid Visco Analyzer cook profile of 160 rpm, 20 min at 95° C., cool down to 50° C., total run 35 minutes, with water loss during the cook being accounted for by weighing before and after cooking
• transferring of cooked paste into a tared 30-mL centrifuge tube without dilution, recording the mass of paste transferred;
• centrifuging of cooked paste at 4000 rpm for 15 minutes in a centrifuge and determination of volume of swollen granular material after decanting supernatant;
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• determination of specific sedimentation volume in units of mL/q by the formula
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• a retort stability exhibiting a positive or zero slope during a five minute hold at 120° C. when analysed under a retort simulation in a rheometer.