Little or no changes in moisture content of the cookies containing
GBR or heat-moisture treated GBR flour could indicate that
those cookies might have different interior structures from those
with wheat and untreated rice flours. The cookies with the GBR and
heat-moisture treated GBR flours might have much higher contents
of fibers and degraded sugars as compared to those in the native
brown rice cookie. These small sugars in GBR might contribute to
hold the residual inside the cookies, and to equilibrate rapidly
throughout the cookie. In addition, the small sugars or starch
dextrins produced by the germination might retard the starch
retrogradation, and possibly inhibit sugar crystallization too,
resulting in little water migration during storage.