Abstract
Samples of normal, high-amylose, and waxy barleys (NB, HAB, and WB, respectively) were tempered and then microwaved using three treatment protocols at each of three power levels. Microwave treatment increased starch digestibility, as rapidly digestible starch (RDS) concentrations were markedly higher and resistant starch (RS) and slowly digestible starch (SDS) concentrations were significantly lower, in all microwaved samples compared to corresponding unprocessed samples. Levels of RDS, on a dry sample basis, were similar in corresponding microwaved samples of the three barley types but were higher in WB when expressed on a starch basis. Levels of RS were lowest in microwaved WB samples. Microwave treatment was most effective in increasing starch digestibility at higher microwave power levels and when samples were tempered and then stored for 14 days at 4°C prior to microwaving, although the magnitude of the increase may not justify the cost of the storage step and might be achieved more economically through the use of an even higher power level. Increases in starch digestibility were attributed to gelatinization of starch. This conclusion was supported by degree of starch gelatinization, thermal analysis, and pasting data.
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