Abstract:Seven taste evaluation indexes of Guilin rice noodle, including salt absorption rate, oil absorption rate, color difference value, porosity, brine absorption rate, brine flavor similarity, and sensory score, were determined. The salt absorption rate of each group of samples was 1.05%~1.80%, oil absorption rate wass 0.4%~1.0%, brine absorption rate was 1.69%~3.93%, porosity was 13.56%~34.56%, color difference value was 20.42~31.61, flavor substance similarity was 25.49~32.59, and sensory evaluation result was 41.71~49.75 points. Through principal component analysis of these indicators, the cumulative contribution rate of the first two principal components was 89.08%, and a linear relationship between the principal components and Rice noodle’s flavor property indicators was confirmed, thereby an evaluation model of Guilin rice noodle’s flavor properties was established. Then, the quality evaluation indexes of Guilin rice noodle, such as breakage rate, moisture content, cooking loss value, paste degree, iodine blue value, rehydration rate and texture index were measured. With the comprehensive score of Guilin rice noodle as the dependent variable, and the quality evaluation index of Guilin rice noodle as the independent variable, stepwise regression analysis was used to screen the quality indexes of Guilin rice noodle that affected noodle’s flavor properties, and establish a prediction model for Guilin rice noodle’s flavor properties. The prediction model took hardness, breakage rate, elasticity, and chewiness as the reference indexes. The two sets of models provide references for the improvement of Guilin rice noodle evaluation system and quality improvement from both consumer and production and processing perspectives.