The Claim

RD43 rice flour with 19.04% amylose content has significantly lower starch digestibility in vitro than Hom Mali rice flour with 16.38% amylose content, resulting in 28.7% rapidly digestible starch compared to 38.9% in Hom Mali rice flour, due to increased amylose and amylose-lipid complex formation that reduces enzymatic access to starch.

Source: Physicochemical and Functional Characteristics of RD43 Rice Flour and Its Food Application

What the research says

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In plain English

RD43 rice flour contains more amylose than Hom Mali rice flour, which results in less starch being broken down during digestion in laboratory tests, leading to a lower proportion of rapidly digestible starch.

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RD43 rice flour, with 19.04% amylose content compared to 16.38% in Hom Mali rice flour, exhibits significantly lower starch digestibility in vitro, with 28.7% rapidly digestible starch versus 38.9% in Hom Mali, due to higher amylose and amylose-lipid complex formation, which reduces enzymatic access to starch and may contribute to lower glycemic responses in food products.

Why this might work

The starch in RD43 rice flour has more amylose, which forms tight spiral shapes with fats during processing. These spirals wrap around the starch grains and block digestive enzymes from breaking them apart. As a result, less sugar is released quickly, and blood sugar rises more slowly.

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What the research says

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  1. Study: Physicochemical and Functional Characteristics of RD43 Rice Flour and Its Food Application

    RD43 rice flour has more amylose than regular jasmine rice, which makes it harder for your body to break down the starch quickly, so it releases sugar more slowly into your blood — helping avoid big blood sugar spikes — and it still tastes just as good.

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