The pasting characteristics of starch and aerial yam flour are presented in Table 3. The pasting temperature and pasting time were higher in the flour sample as compared to the starch extract. This observation agrees with earlier findings to the effect that, as pasting temperature increases for D. Rotundata samples, there was a corresponding increase in the pasting time.
The presence of other components, such as proteins, lipids, etc., interferes with the pasting characteristics of food media.
Again, the pasting temperature suggests the likely gelatinization time during processing and gives an indication of the least temperature needed for cooking, energy cost and the stability of other components.