Abstract
In order to seek the possibility of using rice flour and potato as thickening agent instead of roux, sensory evaluations of cream soups manufactured from 3 different thickening agents were conducted. The viscosity, moisture and lipid contents, and the color affecting the quality of the soup were investigated. The results were as follows: 1. As thickening agents for 200g of the cream soups, rice flour and potatoes at 20.5 and 20g, respectively, were needed in order to make soup with a similar concentration to that manufactured using 20g of roux. 2. In the sensory tests, the soup made with rice flour had the most preferred overall acceptability, with a significantly preferable taste. The soup made with rice flour had the strongest whiteness and savory taste, but that made with roux had the strongest viscosity and smooth feeling in the mouth feel. There was no difference between the samples with regard to nutty flavor. The whiteness, palatability, viscosity and smooth feel sensory properties were positively correlated with the overall acceptability. Among these properties, the palatability showed the highest correlation (r=0.538) with overall preference. 3. The cream soup made using potatoes as the thickening agent had a $76.20\%$ water content, whereas those made with rice flour and roux had 73.00 and $64.00\%$ respectively The fat content of the cream soup made with roux was $10.24\%$, which was twice as high as those of the rice flour and potato soups. 4. Among the 3 kinds of cream soup, the one made with rice flour had the whitest color.
