Fuente: WIPO "tomato" The present invention relates to an improved starch food ingredient, a process and assembly for producing said starch food ingredient, uses of said starch food ingredient and compositions/food products comprising said starch food ingredient. In particular, the present invention relates to a starch food ingredient is a gelatinized and sheer thinned (e.g., drum-dried) partially hydrolyzed starch that can function as a bulking agent, a texturizer and thickening agent and methods/assemblies of producing the same.