The reduction in chalkiness might be partially responsible for the increase in HBRY of most rice samples after soaking at 65 and 70 °C because chalky kernels tend to break during milling (Bautista et al., 2009). However, it was noted that even though almost all chalkiness was removed after soaking at 75 °C, the HBRY dropped for T, CL, CLXL, and CL/CLXL. As previously mentioned, soaking at temperatures above To resulted in husk splitting and deformed kernels, which could break and result in reduced HBRY during milling.