Another property related to swelling power is solubility (Table 1 ). The solubility of modified rice
flours and wheat flour were in the following order, DM rice flour (2.80 %) < PGB rice flour (5.08 %)
< HMT rice flour (7.12 %) < wheat flour (8.77 %). After modification, the solubility had lower than wheat
flour due to a strengthening of the bonds, with an increase in the interactions among amylose and
amylopectin molecules, restricting them from leaching out of the granules