H. Okadome et al., Multiple measurements of physical properties of individual cooked rice grains with a single apparatus, CEREAL CHEM, 76(6), 1999, pp. 855-860
Multiple measurements of physical properties of cooked rice grains were app
lied to 55 rice samples with waxy to high amylose contents using a single a
pparatus (Tensipresser). The multiple measurements consisted of low, high,
and continuous progressive compression tests (LC, HC, CPC). The overall har
dness (H-2) determined by the HC test, and the surface hardness (H-1) deter
mined by the LC test, were used as indices to classify the samples into the
several groups corresponding to amylose content. The surface hardness was
more suitable than the overall hardness for differentiating the effect of p
rotein contents. The difference of stickiness among the cooked rice samples
could be detected by the surface adhesion distance (L-3) using the LC test
. The ratio of elastic limit length (RELL), estimated by the back pressure
curve on the CPC test increased with amylose content. These three tests wer
e meaningful in characterizing the physical properties of cooked rice sampl
es with waxy to high amylose contents.