D C Saxena and Shumaila Jan
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering & Technology, India
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Food Process Technol
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important food crop in the world. Broken rice, either basmati or non-basmati rice varieties, is used to produce rice flour by milling. The effect of grinding action on the flowability of rice flour was evaluated using flow indicators viz., bulk density, aerated bulk density, angle of repose, frictional co-efficient, Carrā??s index and Hausnerā??s ratio; and powder flow analysis viz., cohesive index, caking strength and powder flow stability. Fine rice flours ground in cyclotec mill were more cohesive and coarse flour (basmati rice flour) ground in super mill was free-flowing. Flours ground using hammer mill was highly irregular in particle shape than the other flours, thus was found less flowable than flours milled in stone mill, despite of being larger in size.
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