Porous starch is modified by the addition of dodecenyl succinate anhydride (DDSA), to decrease the self-aggregation, and then blended with natural rubber (NR) latex to obtain the modified starch/NR composites. The composites are found to have improved properties compared with the corresponding pure NR. Results of a thermal analysis show that the thermal degradation reaction of modified starch/NR composites is a two-step reaction, with the initial (T 0 ) and the final (T f ) temperatures of main reaction being increased, and glass transition temperature (T g ) slightly reduced compared with the corresponding pure NR. The curves of elastic modulus (G 0 ) and loss factor (tanδ) versus the strain of unvulcanized rubber compounds are obtained using a rubber process analyzer. Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis shows that the rolling resistance of the composites is improved by the addition of modified starch.