Question

1. what happens when starch and water are heated together, causing the granules within the starch to swell?

naturalization
globalization
gelatinization
caramelization

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Naturalization: Related to citizenship or making natural, not starch - water heating.
• Globalization: About global integration, irrelevant to starch.
• Gelatinization: Defined as the process where starch granules swell when heated with water, matching the description.
• Caramelization: Involves browning of sugars at high temps, not starch - water swelling.

Answer:

C. gelatinization