RICE FLOUR

Uses

Rice Flour is the flour made from different varieties of long-, medium-, and short-grain rice, usually obtained from the broken milled rice. the chemical composition is the same as that of the whole rice. the flour does not contain gluten and, as a result, doughs made from it do not retain the gases generated during baking. rice flours from dif- ferent varieties display characteristic viscosity patterns during the heating and cooling of their pastes. in general, rice with starch of an amylose content greater than 22% has a relatively low peak viscosity and forms a rigid gel on cooling (high set-back viscosity). rice with a starch low in amylose has a high peak and low set-back viscosity. rice flour is used in formulated baby foods, breakfast foods, meat products, and breading.