“…Starch, the major component of bread wheat endosperm, contains 25% amylose and 75% amylopectin (Graybosch et al., ; Nakamura, Yamamori, Hirano, & Hidaka, ). The amylose/amylopectin ratio affects the end‐use quality of wheat food products such as steamed bread, pasta, noodles and bread (He, Liu, Peña, & Rajaram, ; Park & Baik, ; Purna, Miller, & Seib, ; Saito, Vrinten, & Nakamura, ). Noodles are the major wheat products in the Asian diet, especially in Japan and China (Guo, Jackson, Graybosch, & Parkhurst, ).…”