Native rice starch and IECT-modified starch slurries (8%, w/w rice starch on a dry basis) were loaded between parallel plates(1 mm gap) with a Peltier temperature control system in a rheome-ter (DCR-302, Anton Paar, Austria). Methyl silicone oil was then applied on the geometry’s periphery to prevent water evaporation.Then, a strain of 2% and frequency of 1 Hz was applied, and the sam-ple was equilibrated at 25◦C for 15 min. Then, a frequency sweep was conducted from 0.01 to 100 S−1. Afterwards, the samples were immediately cooled to −20◦C for 8 min and held for 1 min, and then heated to 25◦C at 20◦C/min and held for 1 min. Small amplitude oscillatory measurements (frequency sweep) were performed again. The FT cycle was repeated for up to 7 cycles. The storage mod-ulus (G), loss modulus (G), and loss tangent (tan= G/G) were obtained (Yamazaki et al., 2013).