PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a process for manufacturing, by an easy modification means, modified starch which exhibits satisfactory elasticity-enhancing effect, excellent thinnability with water and excellent aging resistance and which is suitable for use in paste products.SOLUTION: The process includes: modifying a powdery starting starch composition containing a phosphoric salt in a specific dry basis amount relative to the starting starch through esterification by continuously performing, on the starting starch, a first step of heat treatment with gradual temperature rise and a second step of heat treatment at a constant temperature continuously. In the first step, the temperature rise is initiated at a temperature ranging from ordinary temperature to the gelatinization initiation temperature of the starting starch, and is carried out at a rate of 0.2 to 1°C/min to a final temperature of 120 to 180°C. The heat treatment at the constant temperature is generally carried out at the final temperature.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】変性処理が簡単である上に、良好な弾力補強効果を有し、かつ水伸ばしや耐老化性にも優れ、練製品に好適な変性澱粉の製造方法を提供すること。【解決手段】 変性澱粉の製造方法。乾量基準で原料澱粉に対して特定量のリン酸塩を含有する粉状の澱粉組成物原料を、徐昇温加熱処理する第一工程と定温加熱処理する第二工程を連続的に行うことによりエステル化変性を行なう。第一工程の昇温開始温度は、常温から原料澱粉の糊化開始温度以下とし、かつ、昇温速度を0.2~1℃/minとして、昇温最終温度を120~180℃までとする。定温処理は、通常、昇温最終温度で行なう。【選択図】なし