Effect of Specific Mechanical Energy on In-Vitro Digestion and Physical Properties of Extruded Rice-Based Snacks
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50425#.VD4gplfHRK0 Author(s) Yiming Feng , Youngsoo Lee Affiliation(s) Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, USA . ABSTRACT The effect of specific mechanical energy (SME) on in-vitro digestion and physical properties of extruded rice-based snacks was investigated in this study. Whole grains of medium grain brown rice (BR), medium grain sushi rice (SR) and long grain jasmine rice (JR) were extruded to prepare the rice-based snacks using a single screw extruder without additional thermal energy input. SME during extrusion was varied by changing feed moisture content. The feed moisture content (...