VIEW METHODObjectiveTo determine the gelatinization and paste viscosity characteristics of milled rice flour. The amylograph measures and records viscosity changes that occur during heating, holding, and cooling of a starch-containing mixture. Curves obtained with a 10% rice flour slurry help predict rice starch behavior during processing of rice-based products. Curves of a 20% slurry provide an approximate indication of the gelatinization temperature of the starch, after which the paste viscosity exceeds the measuring ability of the instrument, and the test is terminated. Both procedures are adapted from an ICC Recommendation, a cooperative test on amylography of flour produced from milled rice. See Ref. 3.