The pasting properties of pasta flours are presented in Table 4. Significant differences (p < 0.05) were observed in pasting behavior of two pasta samples. Addition of carboxymethyl cellulose gum to millet pomace based pasta caused increase in peak viscosity (PV) and breakdown viscosity (BV), but led to decrease in setback viscosity (SV) compared to control (durum semolina) pasta. Peak viscosity reflects the ability of starch granules to swell freely before their physical breakdown. Hence addition of gum (carboxy methyl cellulose) to developed millet-pomace based pasta promotes an increment in peak viscosity (PV). The results suggest that addition of carboxymethyl cellulose gum could assist swelling of starch granules as peak viscosity shifts to high value from 915 to 932 cP. The lower peak viscosity value of 915 cP in control pasta may be due to its higher protein content. Stability of hot starch pastes is described by breakdown viscosity (BV). With addition of carboxymethyl cellulose gum, stability of developed millet-pomace based pasta increased as shown by its breakdown value of 299 cP than control (durum semolina) pasta which showed only breakdown value of 104 cP. Setback viscosity is related to retrogradation and reordering of starch molecules. Low setback values indicate low rate of starch retro gradation and syneresis. As indicated in Table 4 Setback value (SV) of pasta samples differs significantly (p < 0.05). This indicates that addition of carboxymethyl cellulose can improve the quality of pasta as it shows low setback value of 788 cP compared to control (durum semolina) pasta (1874 cP).