The quality of gluten-free bread made of brown rice flour prepared by low temperature impact mill

Our previous work reported that the brown rice flour prepared by low temperature impact mill possessed excellent physicochemical properties. The performance of brown rice flour in making gluten-free bread was further investigated. It was found that the starch crystal structure was destroyed and the damaged starch content increased as the particle size of brown rice flour decreased. The interaction between the starch and water in the model dough and the matrix structures among the endosperm masses were enhanced as the particle size decreased, making the gluten-free dough more viscoelastic. However, dough made with finer flour was too sticky, which limited the expansion of dough. Gluten-free bread prepared with medium-sized brown rice flour had favorable quality characterized by large specific volume, low hardness, numerous and homogeneous gas cells.