{"title":"Physicochemical properties of floury-type rice upon soaking and heating","authors":"Seon-Min Oh, Hye-Sun Choi, Jieun Kwak","doi":"10.1007/s10068-025-01859-2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigated and compared the physicochemical properties of pregelatinized floury-type rice (Baromi2) with those of normal rice (Samkwang). Both rice varieties were subjected to controlled soaking and heating to prepare pregelatinized rice flour. When heat treated without soaking, both varieties were partially gelatinized, whereas soaking led to 100% gelatinization as the starch granules fully collapsed. Additionally, as the soaking time increased, the hardness of the rice grains decreased significantly, and their lightness, yellowness, and whiteness decreased. As the gelatinization progressed, the particles agglomerated by the released amylose molecules became larger than those in the untreated samples, and the solubility and swelling power of the gelatinized samples increased by more than two-fold at room temperature. Water absorption before heat treatment was identified as a critical factor influencing heat transfer and structural transformation. This study suggests the usability of heat-treated floury-type rice as an intermediate material in the food industry.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":566,"journal":{"name":"Food Science and Biotechnology","volume":"34 10","pages":"2177 - 2187"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Food Science and Biotechnology","FirstCategoryId":"97","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10068-025-01859-2","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This study investigated and compared the physicochemical properties of pregelatinized floury-type rice (Baromi2) with those of normal rice (Samkwang). Both rice varieties were subjected to controlled soaking and heating to prepare pregelatinized rice flour. When heat treated without soaking, both varieties were partially gelatinized, whereas soaking led to 100% gelatinization as the starch granules fully collapsed. Additionally, as the soaking time increased, the hardness of the rice grains decreased significantly, and their lightness, yellowness, and whiteness decreased. As the gelatinization progressed, the particles agglomerated by the released amylose molecules became larger than those in the untreated samples, and the solubility and swelling power of the gelatinized samples increased by more than two-fold at room temperature. Water absorption before heat treatment was identified as a critical factor influencing heat transfer and structural transformation. This study suggests the usability of heat-treated floury-type rice as an intermediate material in the food industry.
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The FSB journal covers food chemistry and analysis for compositional and physiological activity changes, food hygiene and toxicology, food microbiology and biotechnology, and food engineering involved in during and after food processing through physical, chemical, and biological ways. Consumer perception and sensory evaluation on processed foods are accepted only when they are relevant to the laboratory research work. As a general rule, manuscripts dealing with analysis and efficacy of extracts from natural resources prior to the processing or without any related food processing may not be considered within the scope of the journal. The FSB journal does not deal with only local interest and a lack of significant scientific merit. The main scope of our journal is seeking for human health and wellness through constructive works and new findings in food science and biotechnology field.