Table 3.
Water absorption index and water solubility index of the different types of rice flour using different grinding methods

Samples Water absorption index Water solubility index (%)
Dry milled rice Powdered type 1.00±0.01d1) 2.57±0.08e
Soft type 1.06±0.04bc 3.74±0.07c
Hard type 1.10±0.04b 5.09±0.08b
Wet milled rice Powdered type 1.04±0.02cd 2.77±0.02d
Soft type 1.28±0.03a 5.89±0.12a
Hard type 1.27±0.01a 5.84±0.10a
All the values are mean±SD, means with different superscripts in a column significantly differed (p<0.05) in Duncan’s multiple-range test.