The cutting force of the extrudates ranged from 20.98 to 51.60 N, which was close to the range of values found by Conti-Silva et al. (2012) for the cutting force of flavored corn grit extrudates, which was 23.7e34.2. The best fit for the cutting force of extrudates was also observed for the linear model, and only the extrusion temperature was significant (Table 2).