Study on the rapid detection of irradiated rice based on RVA

In this paper, the changes of rice-starch’s viscosity at different dose irradiation treatment were studied, the rice can be easily distinguished whether it has been irradiated or not with the control of pH. The results showed that the starch’s viscosity was significantly declined with increasing irradiation absorb dose. With the control of pH 2.5, the irradiated starch’s viscosity was apparently higher than the un-irradiated ones, there are significant differences in terms of viscosity between the two parts. The rice absorbed dose can be estimated using the relationship among peak viscosity, hot pasting viscosity and absorbed dose.