Abstract:
Noodles are a staple food in many countries, and the color is a key factor for consumers′ preference. Among various industrial processed noodles, fresh wet noodles have the best taste after cooking, but the browning is serious, which seriously restricts the sale scale.This review summarized the characteristics of noodles produced by different industrial processing methods, and classified fresh wet noodles into white salt noodles and yellow alkaline noodles according to the type of salt added. The influence factors of the browning of fresh wet noodles, the browning mechanisms, and the browning control technologies were introduced, and the future research directions were put forward.