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Multiple measurements of physical properties of cooked rice grains were applied to 55 rice samples with waxy to high amylose contents using a single apparatus (Tensipresser). The multiple measurements consisted of low, high, and continuous progressive compression tests (LC, HC, CPC). The overall hardness (H2) determined by the HC test, and the surface hardness (H1) determined 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 protein contents. The difference of stickiness among the cooked rice samples could be detected by the surface adhesion distance (L3) 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 were meaningful in characterizing the physical properties of cooked rice samples with waxy to high amylose contents.

7he tcrture of six varieties of cooked rice with different atnylose contents was meusured with a Texturometer. Masticatory behavior of the rice was ernluuted using electromyography (EMG) of masticatory muscles. Differences in tnasticution patterns among the seven subjects examined were greater than between rice varieties. Masticatory behavior was more related to the adhesiveness and stickiness cf rice as measured using a Texturometer than to the hardness. The number of chews and masticatory time, total duration of mastication and total muscle activities were highly correlated with each other, and were greater in cooked rice with a high arnylose content, which showed low adhesiveness and stickiness values using a Texturometer. Cooked rice with a high amylose content was masticated with high masseter muscle activities. The ratio of jaw-opening muscle activity to the preceding jaw-closing muscle activity was low in high-amylose varieties, which corresponds to the ratio of stickiness to hardness using a Texturometer. Between-.sample differences in mastication parameters were more apparent in the 'Correspondent: Dr. KCION Kohyama, Food

Three types of rices, namely, Thailand rice (Indica), Nipponbare (Japonica), and Himenomochi (Japonica waxy), in grain, flour, and starch forms have been studied for their thermal and physicochemical properties. In grain form, Indica was slender and Japonica rices were bold and thick. Indica had the highest protein and amylose equivalent. Protein contents in isolated starches varied from 0.2 to 0.9%. Cooked Indica grain was hardest and waxy rice was softest; stickiness was highest in Japonica rice. Glass transition temperature (T(g)) was highest in Indica rice flour (approximately 222 degrees C) and almost the same in Japonica rice flours. Melting point was highest for Japonica (approximately 264 degrees C) and almost the same for Japonica waxy and Indica rice flours. T(g) values of starches were almost the same in Indica and Japonica waxy (approximately 237 degrees C); defatting caused reduction in this property in all of the starches. Highest melting point was shown by Indica starch (approximately 276 degrees C) and was almost the same for the other two starches. Protein and fats play a critical role in glass transition and melting points of rice flours and their respective starches. Viscosities of the cooked pastes of flour and starch during cooking in an RVA instrument and their gel and other properties have been discussed.