This research aims to study on the cost of rice planting in the central region of Thailand at Ban Nong Ya Sai District and Bang Pla Ma District Suphanburi Province. The data was collected using questionnaires. The statistics used for data analysis were Percentage Mean and Standard Deviation and the dependent t-test. The research found that the respondents were mostly male and 46-56 years old and over 20 years of rice planting experiences and completed a secondary school level. Most of them are the land’s owner. The average cost of rice planting at Ban Nong Ya Sai District and Bang Pla Ma District by using Dependent t-test statistics. It was found that the cost of rice planting using the Activity Base Costing of Ban Nong Ya Sai Sung District is higher than Bang Pla Ma District which had a statistical significance of .05.

This research developed a new model to determine the moisture diffusion coefficient for the thin-layer paddy drying with the spouted free-fall bed dryer. The design and construction of the dryer was done to experiment with the drying kinetics. The experiment has studied under conditions of hot air temperature of 60-150 °C the initial paddy mass of 5 - 15 kg and hot air velocity of 19 m/s. The results showed that the higher hot air temperature and the lower initial paddy mass resulted in a significant reduction in drying time. The experimental results were used to calibrate 12 of the most popular thin-layer drying models to find a suitable one considering based on the root mean square error (RMSE) chi-squared value (χ2) and the correlation coefficient (r). It was found that the popular thin layer drying model was able to accurately predict the effect of the moisture ratio considering both the influence of hot air temperature and the initial paddy mass in linear models. The highest accuracy was RMSE = 0.0279 χ2 = 0.00084 and r = 0.9938. In addition the experimental results have been used to synthesize the new diffusion moisture coefficient which is a function of initial paddy mass temperature and drying time. This developed model was based on an exponential function with only 7 model constants. The simulated results observed that the new model achieved the average error only 1.8 percent compared with the best model that uses up to 24 model constants.

Rice flour-based cookies are gluten-free products. Cricket powder and isolated soy protein are alternative protein sources which can provide desirable nutrition. Xanthan gum is one of the hydrocolloids affecting the texture of cookies. This study investigated the effect of cricket powder (CP) isolated soy protein (ISP) and xanthan gum on the physical chemical and sensory qualities of rice flour-based cookies. The substitution of rice flour with two protein sources CP (25 and 35%) and ISP (0 25 and 35%) in the cookie formulations which were evaluated for their qualities using a 2x3 factorial arrangement in a completely randomized design. The result showed that when CP increased or ISP decreased the diameter of the product significantly (p≤0.05) increased but the hardness of the product significantly (p≤0.05) decreased. The effect of xanthan gum (0 0.14 0.28 and 0.42%) on the quality of products was also evaluated. It indicated that the increase in xanthan gum content significantly (p≤0.05) increased water activity moisture content and hardness of product while the liking score for hardness and overall liking significantly (p≤0.05) decreased. Therefore the optimal formula of rice flour cookies was 25% CP and 35% ISP for rice flour replacement without xanthan gum.

The purpose of this research was to analyze carotenoid content anthocyanin content phenolic compound content and the antioxidant activity by 2 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl scavenging capacity (DPPH) and 1 10-Phenantroline (Phen). In the 3 varieties of corn milk which were the Queen Ruby Siam strain (Purple corn milk) (White corn milk) Sweet strain (Yellow corn milk). It was found that the samples of 3 types of corn milk have total carotenoid content were 0.45+0.00 0.29+0.02 and 0.68+0.00mg/l respectively. Anthocyanin content measured by pH-differential method were 2.86+0.01 1.71+0.03 and 0.80+0.01 mg/l respectively. The total amount of phenolic compounds were 12.00+0.02 10.05+0.00 and 8.62+0.09 mg/l respectively. The ability to resist free radicals by DPPH method were equal to 96.50+0.10 47.10+0.01 and 60.91+0.08 respectively. The antioxidant activity using Phen method were 133.98+0.76 111.17+0.48 and 86.61+0.98 mg/l respectively.

This study investigated the effects of partial replacement of wheat flours with Hom Nil rice flour on the physicochemical characteristics antioxidant activities and sensory acceptance of chinese steam bread (Mantou). Mantou was made with wheat flours partially substituted with Hom Nil rice flour at the level of 0% 10% 20% and 30%. Colour parameters (lightness (L*) redness (a*) and yellowness (b*)) of Mantou were measured using a Hunter colorimeter and found that L* andb* values of Mantou decreased while a* value increased with increase in level of Hom Nil rice flour from 0 to 30%. Physical characteristics including hardness springiness and cohesiveness of Mantou were significantly affected with substitution due to the disruption of dough structure. The hardness of Mantou increased with the increasing of the Hom Nil rice flour substitution (0%-30%) in contrast with springiness and cohesiveness. The total phenolic/anthocyanin contents and antioxidant activities (DPPH FRAP and ABTS) of Mantou increased with increasing Hom Nil rice flour level up to 30%. These results suggested that the substitution of 20 % Hom Nil rice flour would produce healthy and acceptable Mantou with higher total phenolic/anthocyanin contents and antioxidant activities.