esistant starch is resistant to digestion by the pancreatic enzyme, amylase. This means that most of the starch makes it past the small intestine and through to the large intestine where it is used in bacterial fermentation [3]. Resistant starch is great for colorectal health! However, when the starch is heated in water, its crystalline structure is disrupted and it forms a gel (gelatinisation) – this makes it easily digested [1]. Interestingly, ‘recrystallisation’ can occur to a certain extent after cooking. This is known as retrogradation. This will return some of its former resistant properties.