Clean label stabilized buckwheat starch

A process for preparing stabilized buckwheat starch from native buckwheat starch, the process comprising the steps of:

• a) preparing a suspension of native buckwheat starch in an aqueous medium, preferably at a concentration from 20 to 50% by weight, more preferably at a concentration from 30 to 40% by weight at a temperature T1 comprised between room temperature and 50° C., for example comprised between room temperature and 45° C.;
• b) heating the aqueous suspension up to a temperature Ts that does not exceed 60° C., said heating step comprising:
• i. a first stage of slow heating, at a rate comprised between 0.2° C. and 5° C. per hour, from T1 up to said temperature Ts, said temperature Ts comprised in the range from 50 to 60° C., preferably in the range from 53° C. to 58° C., more preferably in the range from 53° C. to 55° C. and,
• ii. a second stage of heating at said temperature Ts for at least 30 minutes, preferably from 0.5 to 24 hours, for example from 1 to 18 hours, in particular from 1 to 5 hours, notably for 3 hours, so as to obtain the stabilized buckwheat starch,
• c) separating the stabilized buckwheat starch from the aqueous medium;
• d) drying said stabilized buckwheat starch;
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• e) recovering said stabilized buckwheat starch.