improving cooking quality. In addition, the cooking properties of
noodles with added hydrocolloids were correlated to their hydration
properties (Lee et al., 2008).
The textural properties of the noodles produced from various
flours and hydrocolloids are presented in Table 3. The textural
properties of the noodles prepared with various flour-hydrocolloid
blends were significantly changed in all the textural parameters
except for the cohesiveness values of buckwheat flour-based noodles
(p < 0.05). In general, the addition of hydrocolloids to various
flour-based noodles enhanced their hardness values. Compared to
the values of the control noodles, the hardness of noodles with 4%
hydrocolloids was increased with the exception of alginatebuckwheat
noodles (p < 0.05). On the other hand, the control
noodles without hydrocolloids exhibited a higher adhesiveness and
a lower cohesiveness compared to the noodles with added