Water is necessary for the development of gluten network in noodle production, thus reducing the water amount during dough mixing is inadvisable. Several studies have been conducted on moderate dehydration technologies to distinguish semi-dried noodles from fresh noodles, which satisfied reduced moisture content in the end products without compromising the desired eating quality. At present, studies on the dehydration technologies for semi-dried noodles mostly focus on the traditional low temperature technology. optimized the medium-dehydration temperature (25–45 C) for semi-dried noodles processing. High-temperature dehydration equipments have been recently introduced in China and Japan for the moderate dehydration of semi-dried noodles