A method and device for producing a pregelatinized starch dry powder. A pregelatinized starch dry powder having good processing properties. A method for producing a pregelatinized starch dry powder including supplying a cereal grain to a production device equipped with a predetermined grinding mechanism and a temperature adjusting means and grinding the cereal grain under shear conditions.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a thermally inhibited starch, the method comprising providing a volume of dehydrated starch having a pH value between 7.0 and 11 and having a moisture content of <2 wt. %, based on the weight of the starch, in a stirred batch reactor, said reactor being comprised with a gas inlet, and applying a flow of gas through the volume of dehydrated starch in the reactor while heating and stirring the starch to a temperature of at least 140 C. for a period of time sufficient to thermally inhibit the starch. In addition, the invention relates to a device for thermally inhibiting starch and use of a flow of gas in a stirred batch reactor during thermal inhibition of starch.

The present invention relates to a method for producing a thermally inhibited starch, the method comprising providing a volume of dehydrated starch having a pH value between 7.0 and 11 and having a moisture content of <2 wt. %, based on the weight of the starch, in a stirred batch reactor, said reactor being comprised with a gas inlet, and applying a flow of gas through the volume of dehydrated starch in the reactor while heating and stirring the starch to a temperature of at least 140 C. for a period of time sufficient to thermally inhibit the starch. In addition, the invention relates to a device for thermally inhibiting starch and use of a flow of gas in a stirred batch reactor during thermal inhibition of starch.