The amylose and amylopectin content of a food material greatly influences its pasting and viscosity attributes.
Higher pasting consistency and viscosity are achieved when the amylopectin component of a food commodity is higher than that of its amylose component.
Since amylose tends to retrograde when foods are frozen and thawed, high amylopectin content foods will be useful in the preparation of foods for a freeze thaw process.
Therefore, high pasting and viscosity properties could be achieved when aerial yam flour is used in food preparation, as per the value of the amylose/amylopectin ratio shown in Table 5.