ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the starch-based delivery systems in detail, which also provides an overview of available information along with recent advances. It discusses the modified starch delivery systems (chemical, physical, and enzymatic). It also discusses the credible future ideas in detail. The scientists and industrialists working at the interface of chemistry and biology are always on the watchtower for biopolymers from natural and sustainable sources to produce newer structures with application ranging from product structuring in in vivo delivery of probiotics, drugs, and other bioactives. For encapsulating agents in food and pharmaceuticals industries, the material importantly needs to have some characteristics which include GRAS status, natural origins, biodegradability, cheap, and abundantly available. The starch possesses all these properties besides high multifunctionality making it an encouraging carrier for targeted and controlled release deliveries.
