Starch enzymatic degradation caused by endogenous hydrolases is studied by in situ NMRspectroscopy on a set of hard and soft wheat flours. The results obtained by two different techniques(HR-MAS and 1H NMR in solution) are analyzed in terms of a Michaelis-Menten kinetic phenomenological model taking into account the presence of endogenous enzymes and their eventualinactivation. The parameters resulting from the best fit of all experimental data to the kinetic modelequations are submitted to a multivariate statistical analysis to assess the role of the oligosaccharidesrelease in distinguishing between hard and soft wheats.Keywords: Wheat flour; hydrolyzing enzymes; 1H NMR; HR-MAS; statistical analysis