“…2.24-1). These molecular interactions are termed collectively "retrogradation"andhaveimportanttexturalanddietaryimplications.lnorderto understand the process of aging, the starchlwater system has been extensively investigated using physical methods such as turbidity (Miles etal., 1985a;Ring et a/., 1987;Jacobson at al., 1997), DSC (Mciver at al., 1968;Longton & LeGrys, 1981;Russell, 1987), rheology (Miles at a/., 1985a,b;I'Anson, at al., 1988), X-ray diffraction (I 'Anson, at aI., 1988), microscopy (Jacobson at a/., 1997), FTIR (Wilson at a/., 1991;Van Soest et al, 1995) The molecular structures and transformations that occur during retrogradation of starch and its components have been sUbjected to several investigations. Despite the numerous investigations that have been carried out to study retrogradation, the exact mechanism of retrogradation, particularfyatthe molecular level still remains unclear.…”