Cooking times, the coefficients of water absorption (determined
by the relation of weight increase after cooking and the dough
weight, American Association of Cereal Chemists), the increase
in volume (verified by the kerosene volume displaced by 10 g of
the product before and after cooking), the loss of soluble solids,
stickiness, and firmness (evaluated by Texturometer TA-XT2i;
Stable Microsystems) were evaluated to determine the cooking
quality of pasta.16