Sensory and Instrumental Relationships of Texture of Cooked Rice from Selected Cultivars and Postharvest Handling Practices

ABSTRACT Measurement of cooked rice texture attributes by sensory and instrumental methods is important because of the increased popularity of rice and rice products by globally diverse cultures. Many factors influence cooked rice texture, including cultivar, physicochemical properties, postharvest handling practices (milling degree, drying conditions, and final moisture), and cooking method. Information on the relationships between sensory, physical, and chemical characteristics will lead to better methods to quickly evaluate and predict end-use qualities, which will help to match rices with specific characteristics to populations that demand those attributes. This article reports the relationships between two modes of measuring texture attributes of rices: sensory and instrumental texture analyzers. Six medium- and short-grain rice samples differing by cultivar or growing location were dried to achieve final moisture levels of 12 or 15% and then regular- or deep-milled (n = 120). Correlations between in...

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