In this study, infrared treatment at different powers was used at drying stage of noodle production. Drying
time was reduced to 3 min 30 s and 50% reduction in cooking time was obtained at the highest power.
Lower cooking loss and total organic matter values, higher maximum force values were obtained for noodles
dried by using infrared, indicating improved quality. Infrared treatment generally caused an increase
in Rapid ViscoAnalyzer viscosity values of the noodles. Starch granules of the noodles dried by using
infrared retained their birefringence to a large extent and increase in intensity of some peaks and formation
of a new peak at 2h = 20 (V-type diffraction pattern) were observed in X-ray diffraction patterns.
Relative intensities of some protein bands in SDS–PAGE patterns decreased, total dietary fiber and
enzyme resistant starch contents increased slightly. Starch digestibility (in vitro) values increased gradually
as the infrared power applied increased.