The amount of water used in pasta processing should be optimized
to achieve pasta color and textural characteristics according
to market preferences (Fu, 2008; Hou, Otsubo, Okusu, & Shen,
2010). It has been informed that insufficient water produce
streaky and/or flaky dough sheet surfaces (diminishing pasta color),
resulting in softer cooked pasta texture (Hou et al., 2010). Using
above optimum levels of water in the formulation also has adverse
quality effects, as doughs will be stickier to handle and difficult to
sheet tending to produce poor quality finished pasta (Fu, 2008;
Hatcher, Kruger, & Anderson, 1999; Hou et al., 2010).