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. 2021 Apr 6;9:e11113. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11113

Table 4. Texture properties of commercial rice noodles.

Rice noodles Tensile strength (g) Extensibility (mm) Hardness
(g)
Adhesiveness (gsec) Cohesiveness Gumminess Springiness Chewiness (gmm)
White
A 49.97 ±1.90c 30.72 ±2.79a 2042.1 ±24.87b −15.04 ±1.48c 0.80 ±0.09b 725.51 ±18.16a 0.85 ±0.04a 719.69 ±22.13b
B 124.83 ±8.53a 27.26 ±2.65a 1137.84 ±26.14c −15.64 ±2.53c 0.60 ±0.07d 638.56 ±31.13b 0.85 ±0.06a 636.11 ±22.86c
C 66.30 ±3.29b 23.22 ±2.92b 927.39 ±26.02d −27.66 ±2.03b 0.62 ±0.03d 573.09 ±9.57c 0.81 ±0.03a 568.26 ±12.26d
D 16.11 ±2.89d 14.37 ±3.31c 981.40 ±15.98d −32.42 ±2.42a 0.77 ±0.06c 261.73 ±11.40d 0.80 ±0.02a 260.64 ±8.70e
E 40.47 ±2.29c 29.73 ±3.82a 3985.52 ±40.78a −6.23 ±1.42d 1.35 ±0.20a 751.99 ±34.28a 0.84 ±0.05a 1219.41 ±22.14a
Color
F 19.02 ±2.30B 16.84 ±3.41B 4837.71 ±40.56B −10.48 ±1.64A 0.41 ±0.07B 831.05 ±27.29B 0.85 ±0.04A 1525.32 ±19.59C
G 62.19 ±2.01A 25.54 ±2.28A 5020.80 ±19.41AB −6.41 ±1.84B 0.95 ±0.07A 865.22 ±29.87B 0.85 ±0.09A 2095.56 ±10.90B
H 14.11 ±3.10BC 14.53 ±2.23B 5292.61 ±61.43A −6.35 ±1.00B 0.12 ±0.03C 952.86 ±38.73A 0.83 ±0.08A 3867.00 ±67.03A

Notes.

a–e, A–C Superscript letters for white and colored rice noodles, the same superscript letters are not significantly different at p < 0.05 level (n = 6). Adhesiveness value; the more negative value indicates the higher adhesiveness.