Systems of potato starch and potato maltodextrins saccharified to various degrees (low, medium, or high) were investigated to understand the effect of maltodextrin addition on some rheological properties of starch pastes and on chosen textural properties and colour parameters of starch gels. The samples for the study were 10% water pastes of starch alone and starch with maltodextrin added in amounts constituting 10, 20, 30, 40 or 50% (w/w) of the starch. The rheological investigations included determination of flow curves at a temperature of 50°C. The flow curves obtained were described using the Herschel-Bulkley model. The gels were subjected to texture profile determination and to colour analysis in the CIELab space using D₆₅ illuminant and 10° observer. It was found that maltodextrin affects the properties of starch gels even if it replaces as little as 10% of starch in the system. As the proportion of maltodextrin in the gel increases, its flow strength decreases, the thinning degree increases, and the textural parameters change. The changes, however, are not proportional either to the saccharification degree or to the proportion of maltodextrin in the gel. Maltodextrin present in starch gels, regardless of its amount, influences also the values of colour parameters in the CIELab system.