Categorizing Rice Cultivars Based on Cluster Analysis of Amylose Content,Protein Content and Sensory Attributes

Presently, rice cultivars are categorized according to grain dimensions, amylose content, and alkali spreading value (gelatinization temperature type). Categorization of rice cultivars based on total sensory impact is needed. This work endeavors to divide world rices into groups based on amylose, protein, flavor, and texture properties. Ninety‐one rice samples representing 79 different cultivars and seven growing locations were separated into seven groups with Ward's Cluster Analysis. Cluster 1 included a third of the rice samples and had cultivars with a large diversity of grain shapes and amylose contents. Mean attribute scores for this cluster were near the grand mean for the collective rice samples for nearly every sensory attribute. Cluster 2 included conventional U.S. short‐ and medium‐grain cultivars. Cluster 3 included conventional U.S. medium cultivars that were produced in Louisiana. Mean sensory scores for this cluster characterized these cultivars as having relatively undesirable flavor and texture attributes. Cluster 4 included Japanese premium quality cultivars and U.S. medium‐grain cultivars developed for the Japanese market. Cluster 5 included high‐amylose, indica types that had relatively firm textural properties. Cluster 6 included relatively soft cooking, aromatic cultivars. Cluster 7 included waxy cultivars and other soft cooking grains. In several cases, the production environment (location, weather effects, etc.) influenced flavor and texture characteristics and resulted in the cultivar falling into an unexpected cluster. This categorization serves as a catalyst for indexing rice cultivars for cooking and processing qualities.     

大气CO_2浓度升高对粳稻稻米物性及食味品质的影响

在2009和2010年利用独特的稻/麦轮作系统FACE（Free Air CO2 Enrichment,开放式空气CO2浓度增高）平台,以武运粳21、扬辐粳8号、武香粳14和武粳15为供试材料,研究了高浓度CO（2比大气背景CO2浓度高200 μmol·mol-1）对粳稻蒸煮米的硬度、粘性、香气、光泽、完整性、味道和口感等的影响。物性分析仪测定结果表明,高浓度CO2环境下粳稻熟米的硬度和粘性总体呈增加趋势,其中扬辐粳8号两指标的增幅均达显著水平。食味计测定结果显示,高浓度CO2对蒸煮稻米香气、光泽度、完整性、味道和口感等食味品质指标均没有影响。相关分析表明,CO2与品种的互作对米饭硬度和粘性有显著影响,但对食味品质参数均没有影响。CO2与年度、CO2与年度和品种间的互作对所有测定参数均无显著影响。两年数据一致表明,未来高浓度CO2环境下粳稻蒸煮米的硬度和粘性将呈增加趋势,增幅因品种而异,但米饭食味品质无显著变化。     

Effect of cooking on levels of ethylene dibromide residues in rice

Two studies were conducted to determine the effect that cooking has on the level of residues of ethylene dibromide (EDB) in rice. In the first study, 4 samples of long and medium grain polished white rice containing 113, 295, 956, and 1568 ppb EDB were cooked according to typical label directions. Three batches of cooked rice were prepared from each sample of polished rice and frozen until analysis; each batch was analyzed in duplicate. EDB levels in all cooked rice samples were less than 10 ppb. In the second study, conducted jointly by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a sample of medium grain polished white rice containing about 1600 ppb EDB was cooked by each laboratory. Overall average EDB levels in rice analyzed immediately after cooking were 16 and 37 ppb for FDA and EPA, respectively. The corresponding frozen samples contained 8 and 39 ppb EDB. The 2 laboratories exchanged these frozen samples and reanalyzed them to check variability in the analytical procedure. FDA found 49 ppb EDB in the sample cooked by EPA and EPA found 8 ppb EDB in the sample cooked by FDA, thus indicating that analytical methodology was not a major source of variability. The range of EDB levels was therefore attributed to minor differences in the way the rice was cooked or handled immediately after cooking.     

Storage Stability of Flour‐Blasted Brown Rice

Brown rice was blasted with rice flour rather than sand in a sand blaster to make microperforations so that water could easily penetrate the brown rice endosperm and cook the rice in a shorter time. The flour‐blasted American Basmati brown rice, long‐grain brown rice, and parboiled long‐grain brown rice samples were stored in Ziploc storage bags under atmospheric conditions and in vacuum‐packed bags. They were periodically tested for over 10 months for changes in water absorption, free fatty acid (FFA), peroxide value (POV), viscosity changes of flour using the Rapid ViscoAnalyser (RVA), and texture of whole cooked kernel using a texture analyzer during cooking. Flour‐blasted brown rice absorbed less water but needed less cooking time than its counterpart that was not flour‐blasted. There was an increase in FFA, POV, peak viscosity (PV), final viscosity (FV), breakdown viscosity (BD), and setback viscosity (SB) during storage of flour‐blasted brown rice for 300 days, but no change was observed in texture (hardness, gumminess) and water absorption. The combined coefficient of correlation (including all types of rice) between FFA and FV is r = 0.86 and between FFA and SB is r = 0.90 at P < 0.0001.     

Effects of Milling and Cooking Conditions of Rice on In Vitro Starch Digestibility and Blood Glucose Response

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of milling and cooking conditions of cooked rice prepared from cultivar Koshihikari on in vitro starch digestibility and in vivo glucose response in humans. In addition, compression and adhesiveness tests were conducted for texture analysis of the cooked rice. Brown rice (BR) and surface‐abraded BR (SABR, ≥99.5% of the original weight) were digested more slowly than white rice (91% of the original weight) when cooked rice grain was used for the in vitro test, but they were digested more rapidly in the initial stage of the reaction when cooked rice ground by a meat grinder was used. The increase in water added for cooking significantly increased the extent of starch digestion with BR and SABR. The changes in blood glucose levels after the ingestion of cooked rice were dependent on the sample type. The cooking conditions dramatically influenced the glucose response after the ingestion of BR. A significant correlation was found between blood glucose levels at 45 min and the extent of starch digestion with ground samples, whereas no relationship was found with cooked rice grain samples for in vitro digestibility.     

Effect of Flour‐Blasting Brown Rice on Reduction of Cooking Time and Resulting Texture

Long‐grain nonparboiled, long‐grain parboiled, and American basmati‐type brown rice were bombarded with parboiled rice flour particles to create microperforations on the water‐resistant outer layer of the kernels. These microperforations in the treated rice significantly increased the rate of hydration. Optimum conditions to produce microperforations without removal of the bran included air pressure maintained at 413 kPa and a parboiled rice flour average particle size of 124 μm. The optimum blasting time was 40–60 sec, depending on the type of rice. The relative hardness of the fully cooked flour‐blasted rice was the same at half the cooking time of the untreated brown rice but % water absorption of the untreated flour‐blasted brown rice was higher because it required longer time to cook. Overall, untreated brown rice was ≈4.7% higher in % water absorption due to longer cooking time in comparison with the treated counterpart. The blasting treatment resulted in shorter cooking time and firmer and less gummy cooked rice as compared to freshly cooked untreated brown rice.     

A Better Understanding of Factors That Affect the Hardness and Stickiness of Long‐Grain Rice

Eight U.S. long‐grain rice cultivars were studied for chemical compositions, physicochemical properties, and leaching characteristics in relation to hardness and stickiness of rice flour paste and cooked rice. There were differences in the chemical composition of rice kernels among the eight rice cultivars, including crude protein (6.6–9.3%), crude fat (0.18–0.51%), and apparent amylose content by iodine colorimetry (19.6–27.0%). Differences were also observed in gelatinization temperatures and enthalpies, pasting temperatures and viscosities, leached/insoluble amylose, soluble solids, and hardness and stickiness of rice flour pastes and cooked rice kernels. The quantity and molecular size distribution of the leached starch molecules varied greatly among the samples. Protein and crude lipid contents negatively correlated with hardness of rice flour paste and cooked rice, but positively correlated with stickiness. Apparent amylose content correlated with gel properties but not cooked rice texture, whereas the ratio of A and short B chains to long B chains of amylopectin correlated significantly with cooked rice texture.     

Detection of changes in taste of japonica and indica brown and milled rice (Oryza sativa L.) during storage using physicochemical analyses and a taste sensing system

Changes in the taste of japonica, hybrid, and indica brown and milled rice, stored for 10 months at low (5 degrees C, 65-70% relative humidity) and room temperatures were observed by physicochemical analyses and a novel method using a taste sensing system. During storage, some properties increased or decreased while others were fairly constant. The main taste components of cooked rice such as sweetness (sucrose) and umami tastes (glutamic acid and aspartic acid) were reduced during storage, whereas glucose and fructose increased. The increase of fat acidity and consequent decrease of the pH value of the cooking solution may contribute to the off-taste of cooked stored rice. A taste sensing system with 10 lipid membrane sensors was also used to classify new and old rice samples using principal component analysis. Fresh and room temperature stored japonica and indica rice could be clearly distinguished; however, it was not possible to differentiate the samples stored at low temperature.     

红茶与绿茶感官品质与其化学组分的相关性

对茶叶感官审评分属性与其化学组分的相关性进行探讨,该文以不同等级、产地红茶和绿茶为代表,利用传统感官审评方法鉴定茶叶品质（外形、香气、汤色、滋味和叶底）,并对各品质指标进行相关性分析,筛选出对茶叶品质影响最重要的品质指标,即滋味。在利用尺度评价法对茶叶滋味品质的10个分属性（浓度、厚度、甘度、鲜度、醇度、涩度、嫩度、陈味、纯正度、火工度）进行更为细致的评定和对茶叶中主要呈味物质—茶多酚、咖啡碱、茶氨酸进行定量分析的基础上,对不同等级、不同产地茶叶的滋味分属性进行差异分析,并对化学组分与滋味分属性进行相关性分析,结果表明,各种茶样之间的产地和等级间差异主要是鲜度和涩度,而与之相关的组分主要是茶氨酸和咖啡碱,茶多酚的影响还有待进一步考察。该研究实现了茶叶感官品质的定量分析,提高了感官审评结果的客观性和确定性,为茶叶原产地保护和分等分级提供核心技术和标准支撑。     

Summer green-manuring crops and zinc fertilization on productivity and economics of basmati rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Field experiments were conducted to study the effects of summer green-manuring crops and zinc (Zn) fertilization on the productivity and economics of Basmati rice. Sesbania aculeata summer green-manuring crop residue incorporation (SGMI) gave highest values of all the growth and yield attributes, grain and straw yield, viz. 3.58, 3.69 t ha^?1 and 16.14, 16.25 t ha^?1 of Basmati rice in 2008 and 2009. Among the Zn fertilization treatments, application of 2.0% Zn-enriched urea (ZEU) as ZnSO₄ · H₂O significantly influenced yield attributes and yield of Basmati rice during both years, and the increase in grain yield was 38.5 and 40.0% over absolute control (no N and no Zn) and 11.9 and 13.6% over control (only N) in both years of study. However, 2.0% ZEU (ZnO) was very close in terms of yield attributes and grain, straw yields of Basmati rice. As regards to the economics of Basmati rice, SGMI and 2.0% ZEU (ZnSO₄ · H₂O) Zn fertilization treatments gave the highest gross (SGMI, 85,985 and 91,582 INR ha^?1; 2.0% ZEU, 89,837 and 59,851 INR ha^?1) and net (SGMI, 56,997 and 61,445 INR ha^?1; 2.0% ZEU, 59,851 and 64,442 INR ha^?1) returns, respectively, compared with incorporation of the remaining summer green manuring residue and Zn fertilization treatments in 2008 and 2009. A significantly higher benefit:cost ratio was recorded with SGMI and 2.0% ZEU (ZnSO₄ · H₂O). Overall, Sesbania aculeata green manuring and 2.0% ZEU (ZnSO₄ · H₂O) are excellent sources of N and Zn for improved productivity of Basmati rice.     

Physicochemical Properties and In Vitro Starch Digestibility of Cooked Rice from Commercially Available Cultivars in Canada

The influence of amylose content, cooking, and storage on starch structure, thermal behaviors, pasting properties, and rapidly digestible starch (RDS), slowly digestible starch (SDS), and resistant starch (RS) in different commercial rice cultivars was investigated. Long grain rice with high‐amylose content had a higher gelatinization temperature and a lower gelatinization enthalpy than the other rice cultivars with intermediate amylose content (Arborio and Calrose) and waxy type (glutinous). The intensity ratio of 1047/1022 cm^–1 determined by Fourier Transform Infrared (FT‐IR), which indicated the ordered structure in starch granules, was the highest in glutinous and the lowest in long grain. Results from Rapid ViscoAnalyser (RVA) showed that the rice cultivar with higher amylose content had lower peak viscosity and breakdown, but higher pasting temperature, setback, and final viscosity. The RDS content was 28.1, 38.6, 41.5, and 57.5% in long grain, Arborio, Calrose, and glutinous rice, respectively, which was inversely related to amylose content. However, the SDS and RS contents were positively correlated with amylose content. During storage of cooked rice, long grain showed a continuous increase in pasting viscosity, while glutinous exhibited the sharp cold‐water swelling peak. The retrogradation rate was greater in rice cultivars with high amylose content. The ratio of 1047/1022 cm^–1 was substantially decreased by cooking and then increased during storage of cooked rice due to the crystalline structure, newly formed by retrogradation. Storage of cooked rice decreased RDS content and increased SDS content in all rice cultivars. However, no increase in RS content during storage was observed. The enthalpy for retrogradation and the intensity ratio 1047/1022 cm^–1 during storage were correlated negatively with RDS and positively with SDS (P ≤ 0.01).