gluten network during fresh wheat noodle production and cooking. Noodle production did
not markedly change the gluten structure. In contrast, cooking increased gluten's average
molecular weight by disulfide bond formation or reshuffling as evidenced by the decrease of
protein extractability. Addition of NaCl (0.5 up to 3.0 weight% on flour basis) to the recipe
reduced the extent of gluten polymerization during cooking. Kansui (0.2 up to 1.5 weight%) …