Cold soluble tapioca starch was produced by spray drying gelatinized paste.
Rehydrated spray dried starch paste has weak network and no elastic properties.
Addition of food hydrocolloids modifies viscoelastic properties of paste.
Network structure of starch-polysaccharide system is governed by polymer stiffness.
Xanthan (stiff): phase separation; ι-carrageenan (flexible): mixed phase.