Table 1. Proximate composition of raw and pregelatinized rice flours

Sample Rice cultivar
‘Haiami’ ‘Hopyeng’ ‘Hyunpum’
Crude ash (%) Raw 0.45±0.041)c2) 0.69±0.01a 0.52±0.05b
Pregelatinized 0.18±0.01c 0.25±0.03b 0.33±0.03a
t-value 2.193***3) 8.794*** 1.442***
Crude lipid (%) Raw 0.54±0.03a 0.49±0.02b 0.43±0.03c
Pregelatinized 0.42±0.00a 0.40±0.02a 0.32±0.01b
t-value 7.125*** 0.324*** 4.365***
Crude protein (%) Raw 5.66±0.18b 6.28±0.18a 5.81±0.46b
Pregelatinized 5.13±0.16b 5.78±0.28a 5.19±0.12b
t-value 0.000** 1.661** 4.186*
L Raw 96.47±0.21 96.58±0.15 96.64±0.16
Pregelatinized 95.07±0.19a 94.66±0.12b 94.59±0.23b
t-value 0.062*** 0.441*** 0.436***
a Raw 0.39±0.18c 0.76±0.09b 1.09±0.33a
Pregelatinized 1.39±0.08b 1.56±0.06a −0.59±0.09c
t-value 4.008*** 1.471*** 1.698***
b Raw 3.96±0.29b 4.33±0.38a 3.69±0.27b
Pregelatinized 6.84±0.36c 7.20±0.29b 7.82±0.05a
t-value 0.294*** 2.449*** 7.194***
WAI (g/g) Raw 1.26±0.07 1.25±0.07 1.30±0.06
Pregelatinized 2.74±0.03a 2.34±0.01c 2.66±0.02b
t-value 2.064*** 4.960*** 4.206***
WSI (%) Raw 6.40±0.25a 5.29±0.14b 4.71±0.13c
Pregelatinized 4.21±0.11a 2.51±0.03c 2.67±0.04b
t-value 1.111*** 8.291*** 1.649***
All values are mean±SD (n=5).
Means with different superscript within a same row are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple test (p<0.05).
p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001 by t-test.