Rice degree of milling effects on hydration,texture, sensory and energy characteristics. Part 2. Cooking using fixed,water-to-rice ratios

The purpose was to assess the effects of degree of milling on hydration and textural characteristics of rice cooked using a range of water-to-rice ratios, and to compare the energy requirements when using these fixed water-to-rice ratios to the energy required when cooking with excess-water. Surface lipid contents (SLCs) ranged from 0.15% to 0.55% for non-parboiled rice and from 0.40% to 0.95% for parboiled rice. Cooking degree was assessed by measuring cooked-rice peak force, moisture content and percentage gelatinized kernels. Milling degree had little to no effect on cooking characteristics of all milled samples. Differences in cooking characteristics between milled and brown rice were less pronounced for parboiled than non-parboiled rice. Non-parboiled milled rice required the least energy to be ‘well-cooked’, followed by parboiled milled rice, non-parboiled brown rice, and parboiled brown rice (there were no significant differences between non-parboiled and parboiled brown rice). In general, excess-water cooking required more energy than fixed water-to-rice ratio cooking.     

Iron fortification and parboiled rice quality: appearance,cooking quality and sensory attributes

BACKGROUND: Iron (Fe) fortification of parboiled rice increases both Fe concentration and bioavailability in milled grains (i.e. white rice). The aim of the present study was to evaluate parboiled rice fortified with 250 and 450 mg Fe kg^?1 paddy rice for its pre‐cooking appearance, cooking quality, basic sensory attributes and overall acceptance in comparison with unfortified parboiled rice in Thailand and local parboiled rice in Bangladesh. RESULTS: Fe fortification at 250 mg Fe kg^?1 paddy rice significantly elevated Fe concentration in white rice to as high as 19.1 mg Fe kg^?1 white rice, compared with 6.2 mg Fe kg^?1 white rice for unfortified parboiled rice, without any adverse impact on consumer acceptance based on the current preliminary assessment. The added Fe was well retained in the cooked rice, with significant residual value for human intake. Panellists in Thailand and Bangladesh did not detect significant differences in the acceptability of parboiled rice fortified at 250 mg Fe kg^?1 paddy rice compared with unfortified and local parboiled rice respectively. However, Fe fortification of parboiled rice at the higher level of 450 mg Fe kg^?1 paddy rice significantly intensified the yellow colour of the grain and changed the off‐flavour, chewiness and flakiness of the cooked Fe‐fortified parboiled rice. This resulted in a low acceptability ranking of parboiled rice fortified at 450 mg Fe kg^?1 paddy rice by panellists in both Thailand and Bangladesh. CONCLUSION: Fe fortification of parboiled rice at an appropriate level (e.g. 250 mg Fe kg^?1 paddy rice) is dosage‐effective and acceptable to rice consumers. Consumer acceptability of Fe‐fortified parboiled rice is closely related to pre‐cooking appearance, cooking quality and sensory attributes. Copyright © 2009 Society of Chemical Industry     

干法、半干法和湿法磨粉工艺制备的糙米米线品质研究

采用干法、半干法和湿法3种方式将糙米磨粉制备糙米米线,干法粉碎强度10～40 Hz,半干法调节含水量为20%～35%及湿法料液比为1∶1、1∶2、1∶3、1∶4,研究了3种磨粉方式对糙米米线蒸煮品质和质构性质的影响,并分析了糙米磨粉颗粒细度及损伤淀粉含量与糙米米线蒸煮品质的相关性。结果表明,磨粉方式及磨粉工艺条件显著影响糙米米线的蒸煮、质构和感官品质,糙米磨粉颗粒细度与糙米米线最佳蒸煮时间显著正相关,与糙米米线断条率显著负相关。糙米磨粉损伤淀粉含量与糙米米线最佳蒸煮时间、硬度显著负相关,损伤淀粉含量与糙米米线断条率显著正相关。干法粉碎强度10、半干法水分调节含量20%、30%和35%、湿法粉碎料液比1∶3～1∶4时,糙米米线的品质较好。     

EFFECT OF ARTISANAL PARBOILING METHODS ON MILLING YIELD AND COOKED RICE TEXTURAL CHARACTERISTICS

ABSTRACT

One of the main objectives of artisanal rice parboiling is to reduce the levels of broken grains (brokens) on milling. Rice samples that had been parboiled using different regimes of soaking temperatures and steaming times were analyzed for their physical properties and cooked rice textures. It was established that inappropriate soaking and steaming regimes resulted in greater levels of brokens than raw‐milled paddy. Consequently, in artisanal parboiling, the initial soaking temperature should be about 90C and the steaming time should be more than 8 min, ideally, about 12 min. On cooking, more severely parboiled rice samples had firmer textures than mildly parboiled samples. The commercially parboiled sample and the more severely laboratory‐parboiled samples required a rice‐to‐water ratio of 1:3, while the raw‐milled sample and the mildly parboiled ones required a 1:2½ rice‐to‐water ratio for optimum cooking.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Artisanal rice parboiling is carried out mainly to reduce the levels of broken grains and increase the yield of milled rice in many countries. If this is carried out very well, there are economic benefits as more rice of better quality is available to be sold. This study provides information on optimum processing conditions, i.e., initial soaking temperature of about 90C and a steaming time of about 12 min. The study also provides recommendations on optimum cooking conditions, i.e., rice‐to‐water ratio, for the variably parboiled rice samples.     

Effect of processing on thiamin and riboflavin contents of some high-yielding rice varieties of punjab

Six high-yielding varieties of rice (Oryza sativa L) were taken and subjected to 6 and 8% degree of milling. The raw rice and the parboiled rice were analysed microbiologically for thiamin and riboflavin contents. Milled parboiled rice contained more thiamin and riboflavin that milled raw rice at both the levels of milling because parboiling of paddy results in inward diffusion of water-soluble vitamins to the endosperm. The thiamin content of brown rice is reduced after parboiling. The loss may be due to the partial decomposition of thiamin during the stages of parboiling, but the riboflavin content of brown rice is found to be increased after parboiling.     

Folic acid fortification of parboiled rice: Multifactorial analysis and kinetic investigation

Folic acid fortification of parboiled rice has been systematically studied to obtain quantitative insights into the role of key process variables. Parboiling was conducted with brown rice soaked at 70 °C for 1, 2 and 3 h with four different fortificant concentrations added and dried parboiled rice was milled for three durations (i.e. 0, 60 and 120 s). Both residual folate concentration in treated parboiled rice and pH of the soaking water after soaking stages were measured. Multifactorial model was developed to describe the residual folate retention behaviour and suggested that both soaking and milling were significant factors in folic acid fortification. The optimum soaking time was deduced to be 1.97 h. Folate retention rate followed a 1st order kinetics while the rates of natural rice hydrolysis and folate uptake were both time-dependent.     

Functional Properties as Affected by Laboratory‐Scale Parboiling of Rough Rice and Brown Rice

ABSTRACT: Rough rice (RR) is the conventional feedstock for parboiling. The use of brown rice (BR) instead of RR is gaining interest because it results in shorter processing time and lower energy requirement. This study compared the functional properties of milled parboiled rice under different parboiling conditions from RR and BR. Presoaked RR and BR from cultivars Bolivar, Cheniere, Dixiebelle, and Wells were parboiled under mild (20 min, 100 °C, 0 kPa) and severe (20 min, 120 °C, 98 kPa) laboratory‐scale conditions. Head rice yield improved on the RR and BR samples subjected to severe parboiling and was comparable to that of a commercially parboiled sample. Mild parboiling of BR resulted in lower head rice yields. Parboiling generally resulted in decreased head rice whiteness, decreased apparent amylose, increased total lipid, and sparingly changed protein content. Under the same parboiling conditions, the extent of starch gelatinization was higher for BR compared to RR as manifested by some distinct differences in pasting and thermal properties. The cooking characteristics (water uptake ratio, leached materials, and volumetric expansion) and cooked rice texture (hardness and stickiness) of RR and BR subjected to severe parboiling were fairly comparable. Differences in parboiled rice functional properties due to cultivar effect were evident.     

Parboiling of rice. Part I: Effect of hot soaking time on quality of milled rice

This study investigated the effect of soaking time on the quality of parboiled rice. The paddy was soaked in water at 25 and 80 °C for 15, 30, 45, 60 and 120 min. The soaked paddy was steamed, dried, stored and milled. With increasing soaking time a significant increase in water absorption and milling and head rice yield (hence reduction in broken rice) was observed. A significant difference in milling yield, at the 1% level, was obtained between the raw rice control and the hot soaked parboiled samples. A large reduction in fissured grain was observed after soaking. It is suggested that parboiling fills the void spaces and cements the cracks inside the endosperm, making the grain harder and minimizing internal fissuring and thereby breakage during milling.     

不同加工精度下丝苗米品质的比较分析

为探究南方优质丝苗米在碾磨过程中品质及加工能耗的变化规律,以美香占2号为原料,通过碾磨制得碾减率(2%、4%、6%、8%、10%、12%)的米样,分析不同碾减率对大米的加工特性、蒸煮特性及食味品质的影响。结果表明,随着碾减率的增加,丝苗米加工过程中的碎米率和能耗均显著增加,蒸煮特性、食味品质不断改善。与糙米相比,当大米碾减率为2%时,留皮度由99.80%降低至52.83%,碎米率增加至2.74%,能耗为87.50 k J/kg,蒸煮特性与食味品质显著提升;当大米碾减率为8%时,留皮度降低至3.43%,其食味品质与精白米无显著区别;当大米碾减率达到12%时,留皮度降低至1.10%,碎米率增加至28.97%,能耗增加至1090.00 k J/kg,最适蒸煮时间缩短到18.33 min、感官评价总分提高到79.00。根据不同需求选择适宜的加工精度,更有利于节约能耗,提高粮食利用资源。     

Effects of parboiling,storage and cooking on the levels of tocopherols,tocotrienols and γ-oryzanol in brown rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Vitamin E and γ-oryzanol display a wide range of biological activities including hypocholesterolemic, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activities. Although white rice is far more popular worldwide, consumption of brown rice is increasing, partially on account of the presence of bioactive compounds; however, the effects of parboiling, storage and cooking on them are not well-characterized. The effects of parboiling and a 6-month storage period on the contents of vitamin E and γ-oryzanol in three brown rice cultivars grown in three different locations in Brazil were investigated. Also, their levels in branded non-parboiled and parboiled brown rice were monitored before and after cooking. Vitamin E homologues and γ-oryzanol were separated by RP-HPLC equipped with PDA and fluorescence detectors. The average levels of total tocols and γ-oryzanol in the raw brown rice cultivars studied were 25 and 188 mg/kg, respectively. Of the vitamin E homologues, γ-tocotrienol contributed with 74% of total tocols, followed by α-tocopherol, α-tocotrienol and γ-tocopherol in minor quantities. The combined processes, parboiling, storage and cooking, led to an approximate 90% reduction in tocols and only γ-tocotrienol was detectable after any of the processes. Parboiling followed by storage resulted in an approximate 40% loss of γ-oryzanol. Cooking had almost no further effect over γ-oryzanol levels in parboiled rice previously stored for 6 months.     

不同储藏年限稻谷的品质及蒸谷米加工适应性分析

为了解不同储藏年限的稻谷加工蒸谷米的品质变化,为蒸谷米加工原料的选择提供依据。以不同储藏年限的籼稻、粳稻各40 份样品为研究对象,将其加工成蒸谷米,并对蒸谷米的蒸煮特性、外观及其制备米饭的食用品质与质构特性等指标进行测定,采用描述统计分析、方差分析、主成分分析等方法对蒸谷米的品质指标进行分析,采用聚类分析探讨稻谷的蒸谷米加工适应性。结果表明：随着原料稻谷储藏年限的延长,蒸谷米吸水率、体积膨胀率均呈上升趋势,与储藏1 年的稻谷相比,储藏4 年的籼稻和粳稻加工成的蒸谷米吸水率分别增加49.1%和35.9%,体积膨胀率分别增加70.6%和66.6%;米汤pH值、碘蓝值和固形物含量均无显著变化;感官评价总分均降低,米粒色泽加深,外观结构变差,米饭的适口性、滋味均降低,其中籼型蒸谷米的感官品质较粳型蒸谷米好;蒸谷米米饭质构特性各指标中除硬度、咀嚼性呈上升趋势以及粳型蒸谷米米饭的黏着性呈下降趋势外,其他各项指标无显著变化。在感官品质评价的基础上,引入质构特性指标分析,对蒸谷米的品质进行综合评价;并利用主成分分析,构建了蒸谷米品质评价的数学评价模型;再对综合评分进行聚类分析得出品质分类,并统计各储藏年份的样品数量,由此证实籼稻加工蒸谷米适应性优于粳稻,且储藏1、2 年的籼稻加工蒸谷米品质较好。     

提高海南地区稻谷整精米率的工艺研究与应用

本实验以定安富硒稻谷为原料,研究稻谷水分、糙米加水调制工艺、多机碾米工艺对整精米率和能耗的影响。结合工厂实际生产需要和能耗要求,通过单因素实验得到最佳工艺条件为:稻谷水分14%,以1.2%的加湿量润糙60 min,在碾米过程中经由两道砂辊碾米机进行碾白,最后得到整精米率为52.56%,每吨米能耗为79.87 kW·h/t。     

Evaluation of physicochemical properties of enzyme treated brown rice (Part B)

A novel processing technology is developed to polish rice in a more selective way with the help of xylanase and cellulase enzymes of microbial sources. Selective degradation of bran layers has facilitated the retention of vital nutrients and non-nutrient phytochemicals. Antioxidative property of brown rice (PUSA Basmati), its milled fraction and enzyme treated brown rice is evaluated. The overall order of antioxidant activity is brown rice > enzyme treated rice > milled rice. Enzymatic treatment resulted in an increase in water uptake ratio, volume expansion ratio with reduced cooking time over brown rice. Unlike the mechanically milled rice, where great losses are incurred in nutrients and head rice yield, bio-polished rice is produced with better cooking and nutritional attributes.     

Quality changes in HTST processing of rice parboiling

Paddy soaked to saturation level, when treated at a high temperature for a short time in a mechanical sand roaster is parboiled and dried in a single pass of 47 s duration. The extent of drying depends on the sand temperature. The sand temperature is critical as it decides the associated quality changes in the milled rice. Even at a sand temperature of 125°C, paddy could fully be parboiled but with mild effect. The parboiling became severe at high temperatures. Roasting the soaked paddy at 250°C, reduced the cooking time of the resultant milled rice. A sand temperature of 125–150°C was considered suitable for producing normal parboiled rice by this technique.     

A study on the acceptability and consumer attitude towards parboiled rice

Despite nutritional claims and other advantages that parboiled rice possesses, its consumption is still low in Brazil mainly because of the local preference for milled rice. In the first part of this study, the acceptability of five commercial brands of parboiled and milled rice was assessed by 100 consumers and similar acceptance levels were observed, evidencing that consumers might not reject parboiled rice for its sensory properties. In the second part, 286 consumers were surveyed about their eating habits and attitude towards rice, focusing especially the nutritional value, sensory and convenience aspects of parboiled rice. In the survey 35% of the respondents were unaware of parboiled rice. Cluster analysis performed on data grouped consumers in one segment with positive attitude and in two other segments with negative attitude towards parboiled rice. Segmentation was mainly because of negative beliefs about the sensory characteristics of the product, although its nutritional claims were unknown to most respondents, revealing the need of marketing efforts focused on informing consumers the health benefits and convenience of eating parboiled rice.     

Effect of parboiling on thiamin, protein and fat of rice

Parboiling decreased the thiamin content of rice. Nevertheless, milled parboiled rice contained more thiamin than milled raw rice at the same degree of milling because parboiling caused thiamin to diffuse inwardly. Both the degree of loss and the degree of diffusion depended on the severity of the heat treatment. Bran-polish of parboiled rice had a higher fat and protein content than bran-polish of raw rice at the same degree of milling because the starchy endosperm of parboiled rice had a greater resistance to milling and so the bran and the germ were more effectively removed. Milled parboiled rice tended to have lower protein content than milled raw rice. Starch content was lower in bran-polish from parboiled rice.     

Technological properties of microwave parboiled rice

Two rice varieties, a short grain (Giza 175) and a long grain (Giza 181), were parboiled by soaking in water at 80–85 °C for 1.5 h and then dried in the microwave oven for 3, 5, 6 and 8 min. The effect of such parboiling treatment on milling output and technological properties (cooking and eating quality) of milled rice were studied. There was a negative significant correlation between head rice and the drying time and a positive correlation between the drying time and the broken grains. The effect of such treatment on the chemical composition of milled parboiled rice, i.e. amylose, protein, fat and ash contents, showed that the amylose content of Giza 175 variety significantly decreased while not affect in Giza 181 variety. No significant differences were obtained in protein, fat and ash contents by increasing drying time. Microwave drying was more pronounced on Giza 175 variety rather than Giza 181 one. However, the optimum cooking time of the parboiled samples of the two varieties was not affected as a result of increasing the microwave drying time.     

Studies on parboiled rice: Part 1—Comparison of the characteristics of raw and parboiled rice

Various properties of raw and parboiled rice were compared in an effort to elucidate the factors responsible for the changes induced by parboiling.The parboiled rice was less prone to disintegration on cooking, the kernels remaining well separated and less sticky than the non-parboiled sample. The solids leached into the cooking water and the extent of solubilisation of the kernels on cooking were both considerably lowered by parboiling. Amylograms of flour prepared from the rice revealed that this was due to the resistance of the starch in the parboiled rice to swelling and solubilisation in hot water.From the results of X-ray diffraction spectra it was concluded that the behaviour of parboiled rice is influenced by the presence of an insoluble helical amylose complex and not, as is generally assumed, by retrogradation.     

Status of dietary fiber contents in pigmented and non-pigmented rice varieties before and after parboiling

Five different varieties of paddy (four pigmented and one non-pigmented) were shelled and milled in pre and post parboiled form, their dietary fiber contents were estimated. Under similar conditions of milling, raw rice showed a high degree of polish (DOP), 9–12 g/100 g and parboiled rice showed low DOP, 4.6–6.6 g/100 g. Dietary fiber content was high in pigmented rice, 9–10 g/100 g compared to non-pigmented, ∼6 g/100 g. Soluble fiber content in pigmented head rice (dehusked) varied from 1 to 1.5 g/100 g and in its brokens varied from 0.45 to 1.45 g/100 g. Dietary fiber content was low by about 1% in parboiled rice. In the parboiled rice of pigmented varieties, the total fiber content varied from 7.95 ± 0.15 to 9.05 ± 0.25 g/100 g and the soluble fiber content varied from 0.7 to 0.9 g/100 g. In milled parboiled rice the respective values were 5 ± 0.4 to 6 ± 0.1 g/100 g and 0.85 ± 0.05 to 1.25 ± 0.05 g/100 g. However, the soluble fiber content in the non-pigmented brown rice, IR-64 remained same after parboiling, 0.75 ± 0.5 g/100 g. Milled parboiled rice showed higher soluble dietary fiber compared to milled raw rice. In conclusion, dietary fiber was high in pigmented rice varieties when compared with non-pigmented rice.     

大米表面颜色与碾削程度的相关性分析

以两优6393、蓉优3号、益禾8号3种稻谷为试验材料,研究大米表面颜色与糙出白率的关系。垄谷后,对每种糙米进行15、30、45、60和90 s的碾削,得到不同碾削程度的大米样本,测定出每个样本的糙出白率、明度(L)、红绿色调(a)和黄蓝色调(b)值,分析大米颜色特征随碾削时间的变化关系,通过回归分析的方法,分别建立大米表面明度(L)值、红绿色调(a)值和黄蓝色调(b)值与糙出白率关系的模型。结果显示,随着碾削时间的延长,大米的糙出白率显著降低,大米的表面明度明显增大,而红绿色调和黄蓝色调则逐渐减小;随着糙出白率的减少,大米表面的明度线性增大,红绿色调值和黄蓝色调值则线性降低;大米表面的L、a和b值与糙出白率的关系可以描述为简单的线性函数式。