Determination of Viscoelastic Properties of Rice Porridge by the Non-Rotational Concentric Cylinder Method

Abstract

The viscoelastic properties of Japanese rice porridge were measured using a non-rotational concentric cylinder rheometer. The viscosity and shear modulus of rice porridge exponentially increased with an increase in cooked rice concentration (i.e., 10%, 30%, 50%, 70% and 97% rice porridges). A Mooney's type model can be used to reasonably describe the viscosity of rice porridge as a function of the solid volume fraction. Small rice grains made by polishing and grinding produced low viscosity and shear modulus rice porridges. Moreover, the viscosity and shear modulus of rice porridge increased rapidly after cooking owing to an increase in the rice grain volume with water adsorption.