摘要 |
A method and an apparatus are provided for cooking and spray-drying a starch. In this method, the starch is uniformly and simultaneously atomized and cooked in the presence of an aqueous medium by means of a single atomization step carried out in an apparatus comprising a two-fluid, internal-mix spray-drying nozzle, coupled to a means for drying the cooked, atomized starch. Uniformly pregelatinized, cold-water-swelling starch with desirable textural, visual and organoleptic properties is advantageously provided by this method and apparatus.
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