The extent of noodle springiness peaks at a 3% KGM substitution
level (Table 2). From the view of molecular level, dough elasticity can
be understood in terms of elasticity restoring force mainly due to
dough development involving using shear and tensile forces to extend
molecules (Singh & MacRitchie, 2001). The high level of elasticity of
wheat dough is generally conferred by glutenins. While after cooking,
high viscosity arising from both entanglement coupling of glutenin