High-pressure homogenization thinned starch paste and its application in improving the stickiness of cooked non-glutinous rice

Abstract Improving the stickiness of non-glutinous rice is an important strategy in scaling out the applications of rice foods, e.g. Sushi, Zongzi etc. In this study, the effect of HPH treatments on the transparency and molecular structure of starch and the stickiness of cooked non-glutinous rice were investigated by cooking rice with high-pressure homogenization (HPH) thinned starch paste. HPH treatments significantly increased the light transmittance of starch paste from 7.6% to 81.3% (p