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Juliano et al. - 1993 - Grain Quality Evaluation of World Rices

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Abstract<br />

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hysicochemic<strong>al</strong> data on protein content, apparent amylose<br />

content (AC), <strong>al</strong>k<strong>al</strong>i spreading v<strong>al</strong>ue (an index <strong>of</strong> starch gelatinization<br />

temperature [GT]), gel consistency (GC), Amylograph<br />

viscosity (peak, s<strong>et</strong>back, and consistency), cooked rice Instron hardness<br />

and stickiness, and grain length and width were collected for 2679<br />

milled rices ( Oryza sativa L.) grown in 64 countries at 67 locations. We<br />

compared these data with the country’s qu<strong>al</strong>ity preferences when<br />

possible.<br />

Mean protein is 7.3%. High AC predominates everywhere but in<br />

Europe. Intermediate AC, however, seems to be preferred for slightly<br />

sticky, s<strong>of</strong>t-cooked rice. Low GT is preferred on <strong>al</strong>l continents over<br />

intermediate GT, and s<strong>of</strong>t GC over medium and hard GC, except in<br />

Africa, where hard GC is preferred.<br />

Extra long grains predominate only in Surinam; long, slender<br />

grains in the Americas, Thailand, and other exporting countries.<br />

Medium-sized and -shaped grains predominate in most <strong>of</strong> Asia,<br />

except in Bangladesh; Bhutan; China; Japan; Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea; Taiwan,<br />

China; and Vi<strong>et</strong>nam (tradition<strong>al</strong> vari<strong>et</strong>ies), where people prefer<br />

short-grained rices. Medium-grained rice is <strong>al</strong>so popular in Europe.<br />

Bulgaria, Spain, and Russia are the exceptions, where short, bold grains<br />

predominate. Consumers prefer long-grained, medium-shaped rices<br />

in Hungary.<br />

Milled rice <strong>of</strong> 244 wild Oryza species, <strong>of</strong> which 195 were O.<br />

glaberrima, were characterized for AC, GT, and GC. Properties are<br />

similar to those <strong>of</strong> cultivated rice: 12% mean protein, high AC, low GT,<br />

and hard GC.<br />

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