All eight treatments applied to rice kernels resulted in a higher WAI in flour of all four varieties tested when compared
to controls Fig. 1. (a).
Dual modification treatments had a significantly a higher impact (p < 0.05) to increase WAI of rice flour over single treatments.
Out of the four dual modifications tested, T3 and T4 treatments showed significantly higher WAI values.
WAI value more than six was obtained for F1, F2 and F3 flour types after T3 and T4 treatments.
The highest WAI was recorded for variety F3 when treatment T3 was applied.
WAI is an important functional characteristic in the development of a ready-to-eat food from cereal grains.
A higher WAI may assure product cohesiveness where modified flour can form a more viscous or thicker batter6.