국내에 수입되고 있는 찐쌀과 국내산 일반 쌀의 품질 특성을 비교 분석한 연구결과는 다음과 같았다. 1. 찐쌀은 외관상 금이 많이 나 있어 쉽게 구분할 수 있었으며, 취반 시 쌀알의 형태가 유지되지 않았고, 다양한 백도를 나타내었다. 또한 단백질 함량은 높고 수분함량은 낮았으며 윤기치는 현저히 떨어짐을 알 수 있었다. 2. 호화 및 열분석과 취반특성 분석 결과 찐쌀은 호화개시온도가 높고, 취반 시 일반 백미보다 수분을 1.5배가량 많이 흡수하며, 팽창용적이 크고 용출되는 고형물 양도 2배정도 많으며, 그 과정에서 쌀알 고유의 형태를 잃는 것을 알 수 있었다. 3 식미관능평가를 통해 찐쌀의 식미가 일반 쌀에 비해 매우 떨어질 뿐만 아니라 묵은 쌀이나 싸라기보다도 유의하게 식미가 낮음을 확인 할 수 있었다.
The grain quality of imported steamed-rice was investigated to improve the competitiveness of domestic .ice (Oryza sativa L.) in low price market. Eight samples of imported steamed-rice were collected during 2004 and 2005, and they were examined in appearances, physicochemical, pasting, cooking qualities and palatability. In the appearance of grain, there were many cracks, which were easily classified, on the surface of steamed-rice. And they had high protein contents, low moisture contents and very low glossiness. We could certain that there was often decolorization process after boiling according to the wide range of whiteness in steamed-rice samples. Amylograms and thermo-grams of the steamed-rice represented that they were at-ready gelatinized. Thus, we could concluded that the steamed-rice absorbed water with meager endothermic reaction and eluted more soluble solid with many breaks of the grain than milled rice during cooking process. From the sensory preference evaluation, the steamed-rice had the lowest scores among milled rice, long stored rice, and broken rice samples on all evaluation items.
