TA-XT2 texture analyser was used to check hardness and resilience of 10 gels prepared from wheat and rye starch isolated at early- and latewaxy stages of development and at full maturity. It was found that gels made of starch obtained from earlywaxy kernels revealed the most desirable functional features: the lowest and stable hardness, regardless of storage temperature (8°C and 20°C). At chosen storage temperature the gels were characterised by stable resilience in contrast to those prepared from starch isolated from mature wheat.

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