Comparisons of rice taste and starch physicochemical properties in superior and inferior grains of rice with different taste value

Jialin Ge; Xu Chen; Xubin Zhang; Qigen Dai; Huanhe Wei

doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112886

Comparisons of rice taste and starch physicochemical properties in superior and inferior grains of rice with different taste value

Food Res Int. 2023 Jul:169:112886. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112886. Epub 2023 Apr 29.

Authors

Jialin Ge¹, Xu Chen², Xubin Zhang², Qigen Dai³, Huanhe Wei⁴

Affiliations

¹ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops/Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Soil Reclamation and Utilization in Coastal Areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China/Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China. Electronic address: dx120210104@yzu.edu.cn.
² Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops/Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Soil Reclamation and Utilization in Coastal Areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China/Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China.
³ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops/Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Soil Reclamation and Utilization in Coastal Areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China/Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China; Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development/Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, the Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China. Electronic address: qgdai@yzu.edu.cn.
⁴ Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Cultivation and Physiology/Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Crop Genetics and Physiology/Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center for Modern Production Technology of Grain Crops/Key Laboratory of Saline-Alkali Soil Reclamation and Utilization in Coastal Areas, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China/Research Institute of Rice Industrial Engineering Technology, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225009, China. Electronic address: 006931@yzu.edu.cn.

PMID: 37254334
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.112886

Abstract

The difference in grain yield between superior grains (SG) on the upper part and inferior grains (IG) on the lower part of the same panicle was widely reported. To date, variations in rice taste quality between SG and IG and the related starch physicochemical properties remained poorly understood. Here, rice cultivars with different taste quality (NT, normal taste; GT, good taste) were grown to investigate the mechanism underlying taste difference between SG and IG and the correlation between cooked rice taste and starch properties. In this study, the taste value of GT rice was 32.2% higher than that of NT rice across the cultivars. The GT rice comprised a series of typical taste qualities of larger stickiness, smaller hardness, lower apparent amylose content (AAC), and lower protein content (PC). The taste quality differed among rice grains on the same panicle; SG achieved 21.9% and 17.0% higher taste value than IG in GT rice and NT rice, respectively. The higher taste value in SG was owing to the larger stickiness and lower PC. Meanwhile, SG of GT rice achieved the lowest PC (8.2%) and gluten content (5.6%), which might indicate a better health value. Additionally, larger and smoother granules, more fa (DP < 12), lower crystallinity, and larger 1045/1022 cm^-1 ratios were found in SG starch compared to IG starch. These led to a weaker swelling power and lower gelatinization enthalpy in SG starch, while gelatinization temperature and retrogression enthalpy were the opposite. Moreover, SG starch exhibited higher storage modulus, loss modulus, slowly digestible starch contents, and resistant starch contents than IG. Our results revealed a great difference in taste quality between SG and IG in rice. The larger and smoother starch granules and shorter chain length could increase the ordered structure of starch, thus improving swelling power, gelatinization properties, and rheological characteristics and facilitating better taste quality of SG over IG. Besides, the lower PC (especially gluten content), higher slowly digestible starch, and higher resistant starch content indicated a more promising health value of SG in the food industry.

Keywords: Cooked rice taste; Inferior grains; Starch properties; Superior grains.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Glutens / metabolism
Oryza* / chemistry
Resistant Starch / metabolism
Starch* / chemistry
Taste

Substances

Starch
Resistant Starch
Glutens