Table 1. Water absorption index (WAI) and water solubility index (WSI) of floury rice powder (FRP) and FRP-starch (ST) mixtures

Source WAI (g/g) WSI (%)
ST only FRP-ST mixture ST only FRP-ST mixture
FRP 2.8±0.1 2.6±0.1
FRP-ST mixture Waxy corn 1.8±0.0bc 2.2±0.0a 0.8±0.5ab 2.0±0.1a
Normal corn 2.3±0.0a 2.3±0.0a 0.2±0.0c 2.0±0.1a
Hi-amylose corn 2.0±0.0ab 2.3±0.3a 0.8±0.5ab 2.0±0.1a
Wheat 1.8±0.0bc 2.1±0.0a 0.5±0.2bc 2.1±0.2a
Tapioca 1.9±0.0b 2.2±0.0a 0.6±0.0b 2.2±0.3a
Potato 1.7±0.0c 2.2±0.0a 1.3±0.1a 2.1±0.1a
Mean values of three replicate measurement; values sharing the same lowercase letters are not significantly different at p<0.05.