PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide starches that exhibit delayed gelling.SOLUTION: A gelling composition comprises: a fluid; from about 0.25 wt.% to about 6 wt.% of a delayed gelling starch comprising a reaction product of a converted starch base material and a stabilization agent; and from about 0 wt.% to about 5 wt.% of a viscosifier; wherein: the gelling composition exhibits a delay in gelling of at least 1 hour compared to the same gelling composition without the stabilization agent; and the total wt.% of the delayed gelling starch and the viscosifier does not exceed about 6 wt.%. The delayed gelling starch may comprise a cross-linking agent. A process comprises: suspending a native starch in water to form a suspension; raising the pH of the suspension to from about 11 to about 11.5 by addition of a base; adding a first oxidizing agent to the suspension; adding a second oxidizing agent to the suspension to form a starch base material; adding the stabilization agent to the starch base material to form a stabilized starch base material; and neutralizing the stabilized starch base material by addition of an acid.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】遅延したゲル化を呈するデンプンの提供。【解決手段】液体;約0.25~6重量%の転換デンプンベース材料と安定化剤との反応生成物を含む遅延ゲル化デンプン;及び、約0~5重量%の増粘剤を含むゲル化組成物であって、該ゲル化組成物が、安定化剤を含まない同一のゲル化組成物と比較して、少なくとも1時間のゲル化の遅延を呈し;そして、該遅延ゲル化デンプンおよび該増粘剤の総重量%が約6重量%を超えない、前記ゲル化組成物。架橋剤をさらに含んでもよい。天然デンプンを水に懸濁して懸濁液を形成し、塩基を加えて該懸濁液のpHを約11~約11.5に上げて、第1の酸化剤を該懸濁液に加え、第2の酸化剤を該懸濁液に加えてデンプンベース材料を形成し、安定化剤を該デンプンベース材料に加えて安定化デンプンベース材料を形成すること、及び酸を加えることによって該安定化デンプンベース材料を中和することを含む方法。【選択図】なし