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This study aimed to engineer highly porous, food-grade canna starch aerogels as carriers for cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G), incorporating enzymatically modified starch fractions prepared via \u03b1-amylase hydrolysis followed by lyophilization. Moderate enzymatic modification (sample AG1) effectively tailored the aerogel architecture by selectively removing amorphous regions. This targeted hydrolysis yielded a highly interconnected, hierarchical porous network with a high porosity (92%). Importantly, although this architectural transformation increased the average macroscopic pore size, it preserved mechanical integrity, as evidenced by a compressive strength exceeding 4000 kPa. In contrast, excessive hydrolysis led to pore collapse and structural failure. The AG1 aerogel exhibited a markedly enhanced C3G equilibrium adsorption capacity (43.9 mg\/g), outperforming the native starch aerogel (36.0 mg\/g). Adsorption data adhered to pseudo-second-order kinetics, indicating that this model provided a better description of the adsorption process, while the underlying adsorption mechanism may involve interactions between C3G and the aerogel matrix, potentially including hydrogen bonding. 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