Parameters | Wheat flour | Rice flour | Wheat-rice flour blend (65:35) |
---|---|---|---|
Proximate composition | |||
 Moisture (%) | 11.72 ± 0.86b | 9.95 ± 0.61a | 9.73 ± 0.56a |
 Crude protein (%) | 12.27 ± 0.93c | 7.28 ± 0.53a | 10.21 ± 0.59b |
 Crude fat (%) | 1.21 ± 0.13c | 0.87 ± 0.09a | 1.02 ± 0.11ab |
 Crude fiber (%) | 1.87 ± 0.17c | 0.73 ± 0.08a | 1.14 ± 0.12b |
 Ash (%) | 0.44 ± 0.05b | 0.32 ± 0.04a | 0.41 ± 0.06b |
Functional properties | |||
 WAC (mL/g) | 0.92 ± 0.08a | 1.03 ± 0.09a | 0.97 ± 0.08a |
 OAC (mL/g) | 0.87 ± 0.07c | 0.51 ± 0.05a | 0.62 ± 0.09b |
 SP | 16.15 ± 0.49a | 19.14 ± 0.56b | 18.33 ± 0.51b |
 SI (%) | 9.63 ± 0.21c | 4.05 ± 0.11a | 6.72 ± 0.17b |
 FC (%) | 18.41 ± 0.52c | 2.52 ± 0.18a | 9.67 ± 0.34b |
 FS (%) | 7.81 ± 0.35c | 0.73 ± 0.06a | 3.39 ± 0.15b |
 BD (g/cm3) | 0.52 ± 0.04a | 0.64 ± 0.05b | 0.58 ± 0.04ab |