therefore, the retardation of starch digestbility in noodles made by three different flours from cereals ( wheat, whole wheat, and buckwheat) was investigated on the type and levels of hydrocolloids (guar gum, sodium alginate, zanthan gum; 20% and 4%). In addition, the cooking and texture qualities of the noodles were evaluated as afunction of the nature and the levels and type of hydrocolloids.