To address Korea’s growing reliance on imported wheat, a new rice cultivar, Baromi2, has been developed as a potential alternative to wheat flour. However, incorporating Baromi2 rice flour into starch-based products often results in a significant de...
To address Korea’s growing reliance on imported wheat, a new rice cultivar, Baromi2, has been developed as a potential alternative to wheat flour. However, incorporating Baromi2 rice flour into starch-based products often results in a significant deterioration in texture and structural integrity. Therefore, this study aimed to improve the quality of wheat-based dumpling skins partially substituted with Baromi2 rice flour by using various carbohydrate-based additives, including soluble soybean polysaccharide (SP), trehalose (TH), xanthan gum (XG), sodium alginate (SA), and propylene glycol alginate (PGA). Furthermore, optimal combinations of these additives were investigated to delay starch retrogradation, improve freeze-thaw stability, and preserve desirable texture during frozen storage. Among all additives, gels containing PGA and SA showed the highest storage modulus (ΔG'), compensating for the texture deterioration caused by Baromi2 rice flour substitution and forming an elastic and stable gel network. After storage at 4℃ for 7 days, these gels exhibited the lowest ΔHa, indicating effective inhibition of short-term retrogradation associated with amylose aggregation. Furthermore, after five freeze-thaw cycles, they showed the lowest syneresis rate, confirming their ability to prevent water separation and structural weakening. When applied to dumpling skins, PGA and SA improved the weakened texture induced by rice flour substitution, yielding greater chewiness and extensibility. The composite treatment of PGA and SA further presented the lowest R%, relative crystallinity, and short-range order ratio (R1048/1019 cm -1) after storage at 4℃ for 7 days, demonstrating its strong inhibition of long-term amylopectin recrystallization. Moreover, this formulation achieved the fastest freezing rate and the lowest freezable water content, promoting the formation of fine, uniformly distributed ice crystals that preserve the network structure from mechanical damage. SEM and CLSM analyses further confirmed a dense and continuous protein-starch matrix with reduced porosity, which contributed to superior textural stability during prolonged frozen storage. In conclusion, the combined application of PGA and SA effectively enhanced the overall quality of dumpling skins containing Baromi2 rice flour by simultaneously retarding both short- and long-term starch retrogradation and improving freeze-thaw stability through network reinforcement and regulation of water mobility. Therefore, this study is expected to contribute to the industrial application and quality improvement of frozen processed food utilizing domestic rice.