Properties of bread dough with added fiber polysaccharides and phenolic antioxidants: a review

During breadmaking, different ingredients are used to ensure the development of a continuous protein network that is essential for bread quality. Interests in incorporating bioactive ingredients such as dietary fiber (DF) and phenolic antioxidants into popular foods such as bread have grown rapidly, due to the increased consumer health awareness. The added bioactive ingredients may or may not promote the protein cross-links. Appropriate cross-links among wheat proteins, fiber polysaccharides, and phenolic antioxidants could be the most critical factor for bread dough enhanced with DF and phenolic antioxidants. Such cross-links may influence the structure and properties of a bread system during baking. This article presents a brief overview of our current knowledge of the fate of the key components (wheat proteins, fibers, and phenolic antioxidants) and how they might interact during bread dough development and baking.     

Glucose oxidase effect on dough rheology and bread quality: A study from macroscopic to molecular level

Enzymes are used in baking to improve dough handling properties and the quality of baked products. Glucose oxidase (GO) is an enzyme with oxidizing effect due to the hydrogen peroxide released from its catalytic reaction. In this study, the macroscopic effect of increasing glucose oxidase concentrations on wheat dough rheology, fresh bread characteristics and its shelf life during storage was determined. A reinforcement or strengthening of wheat dough and an improvement of bread quality can be obtained with the addition of GO, although inverse effects were obtained when excessive enzyme levels were added. The analysis of the gluten proteins at molecular level by high performance capillary electrophoresis and at supramolecular level by cryo-scanning electron microscopy revealed that the GO treatment modified gluten proteins (gliadins and glutenins) through the formation of disulfide and non-disulfide crosslinks. The high molecular weight glutenin subunits showed to be the most susceptible glutenin fraction to the oxidation action of GO. Excessive addition of GO produced an excessive crosslinking in the gluten network, responsible of the negative effect on the breadmaking properties.     

The role of buckwheat and HPMC on the breadmaking properties of some commercial gluten-free bread mixtures

Although the food industry has risen to the formulation challenges associated with removing gluten from dough, and a number of gluten-free (GF) products are now commercially available, many GF bread formulations are still based on pure starches, resulting in low technological and nutritional quality. The aim of this research was to evaluate the role of buckwheat and HPMC on the breadmaking properties of two commercial GF bread mixtures. A dehulled (DBF) and a puffed (PBF) buckwheat flour were used, and high substitution levels (40%) were tested, with the aim of improving the nutritional value of the final GF breads without decreasing their technological quality. Ten mixtures (2 commercial, 8 experimental) were evaluated. The inclusion of 40% DBF was demonstrated not to reduce but actually improve the baking performances of the commercial GF mixtures. Moreover, the presence of a small amount of PBF, as well as of HPMC, turned out to be useful in limiting both the diffusion and the loss of water from the bread crumb and the interactions between starch and protein macromolecules, resulting in a softer GF bread crumb and reduced staling kinetics during storage.     

Fibre-rich additives--the effect on staling and their function in free-standing and pan-baked bread

BACKGROUND: The use of dietary fibre in bread products is increasing because of consumer demand for healthier products. However, an increase in dietary fibre level changes the rheological properties of the dough and also the quality properties of the final bread product. In this study, effects on dough and bread staling were followed after replacing 3% of wheat flour by fibre‐rich additives (fine durum, oat bran, rye bran and wheat bran). Free‐standing and pan‐baked loaves were baked to compare the influence of baking method and loaf shape. RESULTS: All additives increased dough stability, with oat bran giving the greatest stability and longest development time. Parameters measured during storage were distribution, migration and loss of water, cutability, crumbliness, firmness and springiness. Furthermore, amylopectin retrogradation and amylase‐lipid complex formation were assessed. Oat bran provided similar or better results than the control for all staling parameters, while other additives gave no general improvements. Cutability reached a plateau when crumb firmness was ≥ 4 N. CONCLUSION: Small amounts of fibre‐rich additives had a significant influence on staling. However, the baking method (free‐standing or pan‐baked bread) had a greater impact on staling than the additives, thus displaying the importance of the baking method. Cutability was found to be related to firmness. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

Frozen Dough and Partially Baked Bread: An Update

The bakery market is growing due to the development of new technologies related in freezing. In this contribution, the state of the art on frozen dough and bread is reviewed, giving special emphasis to the contributions of the last two decades. This article is especially focussed on being a useful guide of the research performed in the application of freezing at different steps of the breadmaking process, giving an overview of the direction in which the bakery market is moving. The raw material requirements, processing conditions and baked bread quality from frozen dough and partially baked bread are reviewed.     

Frozen Dough and Partially Baked Bread: An Update

The bakery market is growing due to the development of new technologies related in freezing. In this contribution, the state of the art on frozen dough and bread is reviewed, giving special emphasis to the contributions of the last two decades. This article is especially focussed on being a useful guide of the research performed in the application of freezing at different steps of the breadmaking process, giving an overview of the direction in which the bakery market is moving. The raw material requirements, processing conditions and baked bread quality from frozen dough and partially baked bread are reviewed.     

Cryoprotective Role of Exogenous Trehalose in Frozen Dough Products

Aim of this work is to study the cryoprotective role of extracellular trehalose in the production of bakery products from frozen dough. Therefore, different levels of trehalose (up to 200 ppm) were incorporated in dough/bread samples made from white and whole-wheat flour, and their quality (loaf volume, weight loss during baking, crust and crumb color) and texture characteristics (dough, crust and crumb firmness) were examined during frozen storage. To investigate the role of trehalose on dough behavior, the sugar content (glucose, fructose, and sucrose) of dough samples composed with or without trehalose was monitored, and dough microstructure was also analyzed with scanning electron microscopy. The cryoprotective effect of trehalose was confirmed, and it was found proportional to its level for both flour types. Trehalose can improve dough behavior under freezing conditions in terms of bread volume and texture characteristics.     

Two-dimensional CFD modeling and simulation of crustless bread baking process

A special type of baking oven was developed where crustless bread was made by gently baking the dough at controlled temperature by spraying water at prefixed intervals on the surface of the dough. In this study, a two-dimensional (2D) CFD model for crustless bread during baking has been developed to facilitate a better understanding of the baking process. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer from the bread during baking was successfully simulated. It was found that core temperature of the bread reached at 95 °C at the end of baking where as moisture of the bread satisfies the normal bread quality. The model can be successively applied to study the unsteady heat and mass transfer from the crustless bread during baking.     

硬脂酰乳酸钠对冷冻面团及其烘烤面包品质的影响

将硬脂酰乳酸钠(Sodium stearyl lactate,SSL)加入自制冷冻面团中,通过测定冷冻面团的流变学特性,以及冷冻面团烘烤面包的比容、质构特性和感官评分,研究SSL对冷冻面团及其烘烤面包品质的影响。结果显示,随着SSL添加量增加,冷冻面团弹性模量先升高后降低,损耗角正切tanδ先降低后升高,其中最优SSL添加量为0.20%;冷冻面团烘烤面包的硬度、咀嚼性先降低后升高,弹性、回复性、比容和感官评分先升高后降低,当SSL添加量为0.20%时,各指标达到各自的峰值,说明SSL改善了冷冻面团及其烘烤面包的品质。30 d冷冻储藏期内,加入SSL后,冷冻面团及其烘烤面包劣变幅度减小,说明SSL改善了其储藏特性。上述结果表明:加入SSL后,冷冻面团及其烘烤面包的品质及储藏特性得到改善,且最佳添加量为0.20%。     

Impact of Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolites produced during fermentation on bread quality parameters: A review

Although bread making with the use of Baker's yeast has a long tradition in human history, little attention has been paid to the connection between yeast addition and the final bread quality. Nowadays, bakers mainly use different flour additives such as enzymes (amylases, hemicellulases, and proteases) to change and improve dough properties and/or bread quality. Another strategy is the use of modified industrial Baker's yeast. To date, there is no yeast strain used in the baking industry, which is genetically modified, despite some studies demonstrating that the application of recombinant DNA technology is a possibility for improved strains suitable for baking. However, due to the fact that the majority of consumers in Europe highly reject the use of genetically modified microorganisms in the production of food, other strategies to improve bread quality must be investigated. Such a strategy would be a reconsideration of the selection of yeast strains used for the baking process. Next to the common criteria, the requirement for adequate gas production, more attention should be paid on how yeast impacts flavor, shelf life, color, and the nutritional value of baked products, in a similar way to which yeast strains are selected in the wine and brewing industries.     

Wheat starch structure–function relationship in breadmaking: A review

Bread dough and bread are dispersed systems consisting of starch polymers that interact with other flour components and added ingredients during processing. In addition to gluten proteins, starch impacts the quality characteristics of the final baked product. Wheat starch consists of amylose and amylopectin organized into alternating semicrystalline and amorphous layers in granules that vary in size and are embedded in the endosperm protein matrix. Investigation of the molecular movement of protons in the dough system provides a comprehensive insight into granular swelling and amylose leaching. Starch interacts with water, proteins, amylase, lipids, yeast, and salt during various stages of breadmaking. As a result, the starch polymers within the produced crumb and crust, together with the rate of retrogradation and staling due to structural reorganization, moisture migration, storage temperature, and relative humidity determines the final product's textural perception. This review aims to provide insight into wheat starch composition and functionality and critically review recently published research results with reference to starch structure–function relationship and factors affecting it during dough formation, fermentation, baking, cooling, and storage of bread.     

谷氨酰胺转氨酶对藜麦-小麦面团及面包品质的影响

为开发烘焙品质较好的藜麦-小麦粉面包,利用谷氨酰胺转氨酶对其进行改良。从藜麦-小麦粉的粉质参数、糊化特性、面团质构、面包烘焙品质及老化特性等方面研究谷氨酰胺转氨酶(transglutaminase,TGase)对藜麦-小麦粉品质的影响,综合评价TGase对藜麦-小麦粉面团、面包品质的影响。结果表明,TGase增大混粉体系的吸水率、延长稳定时间。增大混合粉体系的糊化黏度、抑制体系的老化及回生。随着TGase的添加量的增大,面团硬度、弹性、黏聚性增大,当超过1.0%时,变化不显著(p>0.05)。面包品质结果表明,TGase的加入改善面包的持气能力,增大比容、感官评分、弹性及黏聚性,降低了面包的硬度,但是高剂量的TGase(>1.0%)会导致交联过度,面包品质降低。老化特性结果表明,TGase的加入使得面包老化程度降低,抑制面包老化。     

Effect of glutamine peptide on baking characteristics of bread using experimental design

 Glutamine is a conditionally essential amino acid as a deficit in this residue occurs during periods of catabolic stress. Glutamine-containing peptides can therefore be considered as potential functional food ingredients. The ubiquitous nature and low cost of bread makes it a potentially ideal vehicle for the delivery of glutamine peptide to the body. Glutamine-enriched peptide products were obtained following enzymatic hydrolysis of gluten. When glutamine peptide is incorporated into bakery products the processing variables considered optimal for standard bread result in dough with poor machinability. To optimize the production process a central composite design was chosen. Water addition, mix time, rest time and proof time were chosen as predictor variables. Each experiment was evaluated based on baking tests, color measurements and texture analysis. Production processes for standard bread and bread containing glutamine peptide at 3% w/w were compared. Mix time was a major influence on the baking characteristics of bread containing glutamine peptide and standard bread. Slight deviations from the optimum resulted in substantial increases in moisture loss and decreases in volume. Texture values in standard bread were strongly influenced by water addition. Using experimental design a production process resulting in high quality bread containing glutamine peptide was developed. Received: 21 February 2000 / Revised version: 28 April 2000     

Effect of dietary fibre on dough rheology and bread quality

Dietary fibre is a common and important ingredient of a new generation of healthy food products demanded more each day by customers. Dietary fibre increases the nutritional value of bread but usually at the same time alters rheological properties of dough and, finally, the quality and sensorial properties of bread. The present work investigates the effect of some purified dietary fibres from different origins (orange, pea, cocoa, coffee, wheat and microcrystalline cellulose) on the rheological properties of wheat flour dough and the final quality of breads. The study of the rheological behaviour of the dough was performed by means of a consistograph and an alveograph. Bread quality was determined by means of texture, colour and specific volume measurements after baking under controlled conditions. The influence of fibre on bread sensory evaluation was established. Dietary fibre additions, in general, had pronounced effects on dough properties yielding higher water absorption, mixing tolerance and tenacity, and smaller extensibility in comparison with those obtained without fibre addition (in the control bread). Regarding the effect on bread properties, the fibre always enhanced the shelf life, as textural studies revealed. Sensory evaluations revealed that dietary fibres, with the exception of those from coffee and cocoa, can be added to flour at the level of 2% without deterioration of the bread palatability in comparison with white flour bread. Additions of 5% could imply the use of some additives to correct the rheological properties of dough.     

Effects of two barley β-glucan isolates on wheat flour dough and bread properties

The effects of wheat flour fortification with two different molecular weight barley β-glucan isolates (1.00 × 10⁵, BG-100 and 2.03 × 10⁵, BG-200) on the rheological properties of dough and bread characteristics, using flours from two wheat cultivars that differ in their breadmaking quality, have been examined. The farinograph water absorption of doughs and the moisture content and water activity of the breads increased with increasing β-glucan content; the β-glucan isolate with the higher molecular weight (BG-200) exerted a greater effect than did BG-100. The addition of β-glucans to the dough formula increased the development time, the stability, the resistance to deformation and the extensibility of the poor breadmaking quality doughs, as well as the specific volumes of the respective breads, exceeding even that of the good breadmaking cultivar. Furthermore, the colour of the bread crumbs got darker and their structure became coarser, whereas the bread crumb firmness decreased with increasing level of β-glucan addition. Generally, the BG-200 was more effective in increasing the specific bread volume and reducing the crumb firmness, especially when used to fortify the poor breadmaking quality flour. The results further indicate a requirement for optimisation of the fortified doughs (level and molecular size of the β-glucan) to maximise bread quality attributes (loaf volume, texture, and staling events).     

香菇面包的制作工艺研究

以面粉和香菇茵柄粉为原料,通过对面团配比、发酵、醒发以及烘烤等工艺参数的研究,研制出一种新型的营养面包。结果表明,香菇面包的生产工艺条件为：高筋面粉：香菇菌柄粉：糖：酵母为100：2．0：18：1．2,发酵温度为30℃,发酵时间为100min,醒发温度为32℃,醒发时间为130min,烘烤温度为上火190℃,底火200℃,烘烤时间为12min。对香菇面包进行品质评价,产品具有香菇特有的香气,膳食纤维丰富,营养价值高于普通面包。     

Significance of lipid binding on the functional and nutritional profiles of single and multigrain matrices

Lipid fractions and starch- and protein-lipid binding of single and blended oat, rye, buckwheat and wheat flour, dough and bread matrices were investigated, and results correlated with the functional and nutritional properties of the grain matrices during mixing and baking. Non-starch lipid was the most prominent fraction in terms of absolute content and as a percentage of total lipids. Free lipids, starch lipids and bound lipids were, respectively, the major, intermediate and minor lipid fractions in flours, doughs and breads. Great differences in total lipid content due to sampling result in divergences amongst lipid fraction content and distribution, especially for starch and bound lipid fractions. Lipids bound to proteins during dough mixing are translocated and bound to starch during baking. In blended samples, the higher fibre content seems to provoke a reduction of the lipid–protein and lipid–starch linkages due to interactions between fibres and endogenous biopolymers. Starch lipid showed the most significant correlations with parameters related to dough and bread performance during breadmaking, especially over the mixing step. Valuable fresh bread functional characteristics, such as high specific volume and high sensory score for softness and overall acceptability, correspond to a starch lipid’s increase due to mixing. The higher the free and starch lipids decrease by reason of temperature treatment—baking—the larger the starch hydrolysis and the higher β-glucans and total dietary fibre contents.     

专用油脂对冷冻面团焙烤品质的影响

将以棕榈油和大豆油为原料制备的专用油脂应用于冷冻面团中,研究专用油脂对冷冻面团流变学特性影响及对冷冻面团焙烤面包品质的影响。结果表明：添加专用油脂制备的冷冻面团面包比容大、纹理细腻、口感柔和、品质良好;专用油脂可以有效地提高冷冻面团的筋力和延伸性,并能延缓冷冻面团因冻藏导致的焙烤品质下降,对延缓面包老化效果良好;确定专用油脂在冷冻面团中的添加量为配方中面粉质量的6%。     

Dough and bread qualities of flours with whole waxy wheat flour substitution

Whole wheat flour has been developed as fiber-rich food for healthy bowel function. In this study, whole waxy wheat flour (WWF) was characterized and applied for breadmaking with the hope that breads made from WWF would improve the quality based on the superior properties of the waxy flour in retardation of bread staling. WWF had significantly higher protein, ash and dietary fiber contents (13.5%, 1.6% and 15.3%, respectively), but lower lipid content (0.8%) than commercial white flour (CWF). Amounts of soluble and insoluble dietary fiber in WWF were 4.1% and 11.2% (% total weight), respectively. WWF had lower pasting temperature and viscosities than CWF. Dough made from WWF increased water absorption and showed lower stability during mixing than that from CWF. The high amount of dietary fiber diluted the gluten protein in dough during mixing to form weak and inextensible dough. Bread made from whole waxy wheat flour had significantly low specific volume and big gal cell distribution as compared to that from CWF. Also, dark-brown color and bitter taste are weak points of whole waxy wheat bread. However, the WWF bread was significantly softer than CWF bread during storage. The qualities of breads were also improved using partial WWF substitution (10%, 30% or 50%) for CWF. As a result, whole waxy wheat flour can be used for breadmaking to improve nutritious quality of bread for health benefits.     

Understanding gluten‐free dough for reaching breads with physical quality and nutritional balance

In the last decade the development of gluten‐free foodstuffs has attracted great attention as a result of better diagnoses of coeliac disease and a greater knowledge of the relationship between gluten‐free products and health. The increasing interest has prompted extensive research into the development of gluten‐free foodstuffs that resemble gluten‐containing foods. This review aims to provide some insights on dough functionality and process conditions regarding bread quality and to point out recent research dealing with the nutritional composition of those products. Gluten‐free dough results from the combination of different ingredients, additives, and the processing aids required for building up network structures responsible for bread quality. Some relationships between dough rheology and bread characteristics were established to identify possible predictor parameters. Regarding bread‐making processes, the impact of mixing, dough treatment and baking is stated. Nutritional quality is an important asset when developing gluten‐free breads, and different strategies for improving it are reviewed. Gluten‐free bread quality is dependent on ingredients and additives combination, but also processing can provide a way to improve bread quality. Nutritive value of the gluten‐free breads must be always in mind when setting up recipes, for obtaining nutritionally balanced bread with adequate glycaemic index. © 2014 Society of Chemical Industry