3. Results and discussion
3.1. Starch characterisation
Starches vary in their physiochemical properties and granular structure and therefore characterisation is important when comparisons of digestibility are to be made. All starches used in this investigation were tested for their protein, amylose and moisture content and the results are shown in Table 1. The protein content for all the starches ranged between 0.05 and 0.46%. The percentage of amylose varied depending upon the starch source with waxy maize having the lowest amylose content of 1% and high amylose maize having the highest with 79%. The moisture content values of the starch samples varied between 11 and 16%.