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During starch gelatinisation in an aqueous mixture, at what stage does maximum swelling of starch granules occur and what molecular event drives gel formation upon cooling?
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Granules swell at 60-80°C as hydrogen bonds break; upon cooling, leached amylose chains re-associate to form a continuous three-dimensional network.

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