玉米粉-粳米粉复配对无麸质意面食用品质的影响

为筛选出适宜加工无麸质意面的玉米粉与粳米粉复配比例,本研究比较分析了不同玉米粉-粳米粉复配比例(1:9、3:7、5:5、7:3和9:1)对无麸质意面蒸煮损失、TPA质构特性、拉伸特性、最佳蒸煮时间等食用品质的影响。结果表明:玉米粉-粳米粉复配比例为3:7时,所制得的无麸质意面蒸煮损失和拉伸特性等品质指标分别达到12.10%和14.90g;同时硬度、弹性、咀嚼性和胶着性达到最大为105.67 g、1.19 mm、0.80 MJ和68.00 g,显著优于相同加工条件下其他4种复配比例制得的无麸质意面。扫描电镜结果亦表明,玉米粉-粳米粉复配比例为3:7时,无麸质意面蒸煮前内部结构致密,空隙率更小;蒸煮后呈现有规则的三维网络结构。而其他玉米粉-粳米粉复配比例制作的无麸质意面内部结构较差。综合以上结果,玉米粉-粳米粉复配比例为3:7时,无麸质意面食用品质较佳。     

Development of gluten-free fresh egg pasta based on oat and teff flour

Due to increased awareness of consumers about the relationship between food and health as well as the requirements of people following a gluten-free diet, the production of cereal products from raw materials other than wheat is of interest. However, the elimination of the visco-elastic gluten protein represents a technological challenge. During this study, response surface methodology was applied to determine optimal formulations for the production of egg pasta from oat and teff flour. Wheat flour was used as a control. The resulting products were characterised regarding firmness and elasticity, stickiness and cooking loss. The results showed that the mechanical texture of oat and teff pasta was comparable to wheat pasta, however, elasticity was significantly reduced. Compositional analysis was carried out on flour raw materials as well as on the final pasta products, showing that regarding fibre and mineral content, oat and teff samples are nutritionally superior to wheat. In addition, the microstructure was investigated by means of scanning electron microscopy, allowing also the observation of structural changes occurring during cooking. Upon cooking, a distinct outer layer can be observed, resulting from protein denaturation and starch gelatinisation. This structural feature is clearly visible for cooked wheat pasta and but is less apparent for teff and oat pasta.     

Gluten-free pasta production from banana and cassava flours with egg white protein and soy protein addition

Egg white protein and soy protein were incorporated into a banana and cassava flour blend (75:25) to produce gluten-free pasta. The objectives of study were to investigate the effects of the different protein sources on the physico-chemical properties of gluten-free pasta. The levels of protein inclusion were 0%, 5%, 10% and 15% of composite flour (w/w) for each type of protein. Pasta made from 100% durum wheat semolina was used as controls. The protein fortification affected the total starch, resistant starch and protein content of gluten-free pasta compared to semolina pasta. No significant effects of soy/egg white protein addition were found in either insoluble or soluble dietary fibre content. Cooking properties of pasta (optimum cooking time, swelling index, water adsorption index and cooking loss) and texture properties (firmness and extensibility) were affected by the level of protein addition and the type of protein. Results showed the utilisation of 25% cassava flour and protein inclusion have a promising application in gluten-free pasta production.     

Role of pasteurisation heat treatments on rheological and protein structural characteristics of fresh egg pasta

The influence of egg pasteurisation and of thermal treatment(s) of fresh egg pasta on the protein network in the pasta were studied. Protein structural parameters were correlated with the physico-chemical and rheological characteristics of pasta. Twelve samples of fresh egg pasta were laboratory-produced, using raw or pasteurised whole egg, and either left untreated or submitted to one or two pasteurisation processes. Industrial pasteurisation of the eggs did not affect the protein network of pasta or its rheological and functional characteristics. Double thermal pasteurisation of egg pasta deeply influenced its structural characteristics, due to the formation of a tight protein network stabilised by disulfide bonds, in which ovalbumin plays an essential role. This tight protein network affected the cooking behaviour and the rheological properties of fresh egg pasta, decreasing weight increase upon cooking and break strain, while increasing break load and Young modulus. The indexes derived from these studies were applied to the characterisation of 24 commercial samples of fresh egg pasta. By using the Young modulus before and after cooking (rheological parameters) and protein solubility in buffer-saline (structural parameter), it was possible to discriminate three groups of samples as a function of the severity of their thermal treatment.     

Pasta preference and ability to penetrate through packaging of Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Dryophthoridae)

Results of bioassays of the maize weevil, Sitophilus zeamais, on different types of special commercial pasta are reported. The attraction to eight types of pasta was compared: barley and buckwheat, dietetic, egg pasta, gluten-free, spelt and lentils, tricolour pasta (a mixture of semolina, tomato, and spinach), vitamin enriched, and whole wheat semolina. The results obtained demonstrated that adult S. zeamais revealed significant preferences for whole wheat semolina and tricolour pasta, followed by vitamin enriched pasta, egg pasta, spelt and lentils pasta, gluten-free pasta, barley and buckwheat pasta, and dietetic pasta. The ability of S. zeamais to penetrate packages of commercial pasta was also determined using a folded carton box or a plastic pillow pouch with or without gussets. Sixteen types of commercial pasta packages were compared. S. zeamais was found inside packages of barley and buckwheat pasta, durum wheat pasta, egg pasta, five cereals pasta, kamut pasta, rice pasta, spelt pasta, spelt and lentil pasta, tricolour pasta, vitamin enriched pasta, and whole wheat pasta. The adults entered into carton boxes and infested the pasta through openings not well sealed by glue. The large or enlarged air vent micro-holes present on polypropylene pasta packages facilitated the entry of adults.     

Effect of semolina replacement with a raw:popped amaranth flour blend on cooking quality and texture of pasta

The replacement of semolina (SEM) with raw:popped (90:10) amaranth flour blend (AFB) in pasta making at 25, 50, 75, and 100 g/100 g levels (flour basis, 14 g of water/100 g) was carried out to evaluate the effects on cooking quality and texture of the supplemented pasta samples. Significant differences on cooking quality characteristics and texture of the pasta samples were observed. The pasta solid loss increased, weight gain and firmness decreased as the AFB level increased. The semolina pasta showed the lowest solid loss (7 g/100 g) and the highest weight gain (188.3 g/100 g) and firmness (1.49 N), whereas the amaranth blend pasta was the softer (around half of the firmness of semolina pasta) and lost the higher amount of solids (11.5 g/100 g). The raw and popped AFB was suitable for increasing the nutritional quality through dietary fiber and high quality protein and even to obtain gluten-free pasta with acceptable cooking quality (solid loss of 3.5 g/100 g higher than that considered as acceptable for semolina pasta). The amaranth blend used in this study enables the partial or total replacement of wheat semolina in pastas with acceptable cooking quality and texture.     

LC-ESI-MS/MS Analysis and Extraction Method of Phenolic Acids from Gluten-Free Precooked Buckwheat Pasta

In many countries, common buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum Möench) has been cultivated for its nutritive value as food ingredient. This plant is a rich source of vitamins and exogenic amino acids. Many of the health-promoting effects of F. esculentum have been attributed to a large amount of phenolic compounds. Presented in this paper, precooked buckwheat pasta, produced by extrusion cooking, is a gluten-free product without any technological additives. Moreover, it contains natural polyphenolic antioxidants and therefore could be classified as convenience food. The phenolic acid compositions of precooked buckwheat pasta were as follows: gallic, protocatechuic, gentisic, 4-OH-benzoic, vanillic, trans-caffeic, cis-caffeic, trans-p-coumaric, cis-p-coumaric, trans-ferulic, cis-ferulic, and salicylic. A very important step of sample pretreatment before quantitative analysis is the choice of extraction conditions. Therefore, in this study, before quantitative analysis (liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, LC-ESI-MS/MS), optimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction (UAE) of phenolic acids from precooked buckwheat pasta was performed. The most effective conditions for the isolation of phenolic acids from precooked buckwheat pasta with the use of UAE were as follows: 80 % aqueous ethanol, 60 °C, ultrasound frequency 20 kHz, power 100 W, and time 40 min.     

Structuring and texturing gluten-free pasta: egg albumen or whey proteins?

The effects of adding egg albumen or whey proteins to pasta made from parboiled rice flour (PR) were investigated. Pasta quality was evaluated in terms of color, furosine content, and cooking properties (water absorption, cooking loss, and consistency at the optimal cooking time). The surface heterogeneity of the cooked and uncooked materials was studied, and some starch properties (pasting properties and starch susceptibility to α-amylase hydrolysis) were assessed, along with the features of the protein network as determined by conditional solubility studies and with ultrastructural features of the cooked products. Egg albumen improved pasta appearance and gave a product with low cooking loss, firmer, and nutritionally more valuable than the other ones. In albumen-enriched pasta, small starch granules appear homogeneously surrounded by a protein network. In the uncooked product, the protein network is stabilized mostly by hydrophobic interactions, but additional disulfide interprotein bonds form upon cooking. Thus, addition of 15 % liquid albumen to PR results in significant improvement of the textural and structural features of rice-based gluten-free pasta.     

Influence of Buckwheat Flour and Carboxymethyl Cellulose on Rheological Behaviour and Baking Performance of Gluten-Free Cookie Dough

In the present study, the influence of buckwheat flour and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) on the production of sheetable gluten-free cookie dough of acceptable rheological properties and subsequently their effect on the quality of gluten-free cookies was studied. The buckwheat flour was used to replace 10, 20 and 30 % of rice flour in gluten-free formulations. Cookie doughs of 100 % rice flour and 100 % wheat flour served as control samples. The impact of CMC addition was examined on formulation containing 20 % of buckwheat flour. Oscillatory and creep measurements were applied to test the effect of buckwheat flour and CMC on the viscoelasticity of gluten-free cookie dough. Frequency sweep results showed that all samples had solid elastic-like characteristics. An increase in the buckwheat flour addition led to a decrease in storage modulus and zero shear viscosity and an increase in tan δ and maximum creep compliance, while the addition of CMC led to an increase in dough tenacity and resistance to deformation. Cookie dough containing 30 % of buckwheat flour expressed the highest viscous properties, as revealed by relative viscous compliance value. The gluten-free dough containing CMC and buckwheat flour between 20 and 30 % replacement level showed similar strength and extensibility as wheat cookie dough. The results of the physical and sensory evaluation of gluten-free cookies showed that buckwheat addition led to a decrease in cookie hardness and fracturability and an increase in eccentricity (deformation from regular shape) as well as the overall acceptability, as evaluated by untrained panellists.     

苦荞超微粉对苦荞小麦混合粉及其挂面品质的影响

将普通苦荞粉,苦荞超微粉A和B按照5%~30%的比例添加到小麦粉中,对苦荞小麦混合粉的面团粉质特性及其挂面的感官品质、蒸煮品质及质构特性进行了研究,结果表明:与普通粉相比,添加苦荞超微粉的混合粉面团的吸水率增加,面团形成时间和稳定时间缩短,弱化度值升高,粉质指数降低;添加苦荞超微粉提高了挂面的感官品质;添加量在15%以下时,添加苦荞普通粉制作的面条煮熟增重率较高,添加量在15%~30%时,添加苦荞超微粉A制作的面条煮熟增重率较高,而添加量在5%~30%时,添加苦荞超微粉A制作的面条煮熟的干物质损失率最低;苦荞粉超微处理增加了苦荞挂面的坚实度和剪切功,面条咀嚼性和韧性增强。小麦粉中添加20%苦荞超微粉A时制作的挂面韧性,口感良好。     

Gluten‐Free Precooked Rice‐Yellow Pea Pasta: Effect of Extrusion‐Cooking Conditions on Phenolic Acids Composition,Selected Properties and Microstructure

Rice/yellow pea flour blend (2/1 ratio) was used to produce gluten‐free precooked pasta using a single‐screw modified extrusion‐cooker TS‐45. The effect of moisture content (28%, 30%, and 32%) and screw speed (60, 80, and 100 rpm) on some quality parameters was assessed. The phenolic acids profile and selected pasta properties were tested, like pasting properties, water absorption capacity, cooking loss, texture characteristics, microstructure, and sensory overall acceptability. Results indicated that dough moisture content influenced all tested quality parameters of precooked pasta except firmness. Screw speed showed an effect only on some quality parameters. The extrusion‐cooking process at 30% of dough moisture with 80 rpm is appropriate to obtain rice‐yellow pea precooked pasta with high content of phenolics and adequate quality. These pasta products exhibited firm texture, low stickiness, and regular and compact interne structure confirmed by high score in sensory overall acceptability.     

Effect of Pleurotus eryngii Mushroom β‐Glucan on Quality Characteristics of Common Wheat Pasta

The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of β‐glucan‐rich fractions (BGRFs) from Pleurotus eryngii mushroom powder on the quality, textural properties, and sensory evaluation of common wheat pasta. Pasta was prepared from semolina flour and common wheat flour by replacing common wheat flour at 2%, 4%, and 6% with BGRFs. Semolina flour showed significantly higher viscosities than common wheat flour samples. However, all viscosities, except the breakdown viscosity, were reduced with increasing percentages of BGRFs. Replacement of the common wheat flour with BGRFs resulted in a reddish brown colored pasta with a lower L* value and a higher a* value. The common wheat pastas containing up to 4% BGRFs were not significantly different from semolina pasta with regard to cooking loss. Addition of up to 2% BGRFs had no significant impact on swelling index and water absorption. The addition of BGRFs in common wheat flour had a positive effect on the quality of common wheat pasta and resulted in hardness values similar to those of semolina pasta. In a sensory evaluation, cooked pasta with 2% BGRFs had the highest overall acceptability score. In summary, the results showed that common wheat flour containing 4% BGRFs could be used to produce pasta with an improved quality and texture properties similar to semolina pasta.     

Effects of housing system and age of laying hens on egg performance in fresh pasta production: pasta cooking behaviour

BACKGROUND: Very few studies concern the effects of layer housing systems and age on egg technological properties. Thus the aim of this work was to study the influence of these two factors on egg performance in fresh pasta production, focusing on pasta cooking behaviour. Samples of pasta subjected to analysis were prepared with eggs laid by Hy‐Line Brown hens (from 27 to 68 weeks old) housed in cage, barn and organic systems. RESULTS: Higher average values of weight increase and matter loss during pasta cooking were observed for samples prepared with eggs laid by older hens. Such cooking behaviour indicated the development of a weaker pasta protein network, resulting from a decrease in the quantity of albumen protein and an increase in fat content, which is due to the reduction in albumen/yolk ratio during hen aging. The housing system had a significant effect only on matter loss in cooking water, but differences between samples were so small as to be unlikely perceived by consumers. CONCLUSION: Both hen age and housing system significantly affected pasta cooking behaviour, but the greatest effect was exerted by the hen age. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

Effect of Formulation on Physicochemical Properties and Water Status of Nutritionally Enriched Fresh Pasta

A standard fresh pasta formulation (STD, the control sample) was modified by introducing soy and carrot ingredients both in dry and in liquid forms (soy and carrot flour and soy milk and carrot juice) to obtain eight nutritionally enriched fresh pasta samples with different formulations. The effect of formulation on selected physicochemical properties and water status of fresh pasta were studied. Colour, texture (force at rupture and extensibility), and cooking loss were found significantly affected by the formulation. Soy and carrot decreased the force at rupture and extensibility of fresh pasta and increased the solids loss during cooking. Improper gluten network development due to either a steric hindrance of soy and carrot solids or improper water availability for gluten hydration due to different water–solid interaction developed were hypothesized. Soy and carrot ingredients significantly altered the water dynamics in the pasta matrix at different space-time levels (macroscopic, moisture content and water activity; macromolecular, frozen water content; molecular, proton nuclear magnetic resonance relaxometry) of fresh pasta in a manner dependent upon the physical state of the added ingredient. Soy flour increased both the frozen water content and the overall proton mobility (¹H FID, ¹H T ₁ and T ₂) of fresh pasta while these parameters did not markedly differed from STD when soy milk was used. The presence of both carrot flour and carrot juice decreased significantly the frozen water content of fresh pasta but, at a molecular level, carrot flour altered the proton molecular mobility, while carrot juice did not.     

SEMOLINA AND HYDRATION LEVEL DURING EXTRUSION AFFECT QUALITY OF FRESH PASTA CONTAINING FLAXSEED FLOUR

Flaxseed ( Linum usitatissimum L.) is an emerging food ingredient because of its several health benefits. Research was conducted to determine the effects of semolina, hydration level during extrusion and flaxseed flour concentration on the physical and cooking characteristics of freshly extruded pasta. The appearance of fresh pasta reflected the appearance of the ingredients. Fresh pasta became darker and redder as flaxseed flour concentration increased. Flaxseed flour did not affect cooking loss or water absorption during cooking of fresh pasta. However, flaxseed flour reduced the cooked firmness of fresh pasta by decreasing the dough strength. The cooked firmness of fresh pasta containing flaxseed flour was improved by using a semolina that makes a strong dough rather than a weak dough, and by extruding at a low (29%) compared to high (31%) hydration level.

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

Research results reported in this article would be useful in the development of a processing protocol for fresh pasta containing flaxseed flour and possibly other nontraditional ingredients. The results provide support for the need to use a strong dough-forming semolina and to extrude the semolina–flaxseed flour mixture at a low hydration level (29%) in order to produce a fresh pasta that has desirable cooking/cooked properties.     

Rheological,textural and sensory properties of gluten-free bread formulations based on rice and buckwheat flour

Mixolab, as the rheological instrument, was utilized to create gluten-free products. According to obtained Mixolab profiles, mixtures of rice flour and husked buckwheat and rice flour and unhusked buckwheat flour expressed rheological properties similar to wheat flour. In both types of mixtures the ratio of rice flour to buckwheat flour was 90:10, 80:20 and 70:30. According to the Mixolab profiles of the investigated systems, gluten-free products containing unhusked buckwheat flour had higher water absorption values, lower stability and weaker protein network structure, as well as lower peak viscosity than those consisted of husked buckwheat flour.Increasing the amount of husked buckwheat flour from 10% to 20% resulted in both G′ and yield stress value increase, but further increase of the husked buckwheat flour on 30% resulted in both G′ and yield stress value decrease. However, increasing the amount of unhusked buckwheat flour from 10% to 20% resulted in significant decrease of G′ and yield stress value having no significant impact with the addition of 30% of unhusked buckwheat flour.Hardness, expressed as a work of compression of the final product, increased with the amount of both types of buckwheat flour. Samples containing UBF expressed not significantly higher values of hardness than those prepared with HBF. According to obtained results of sensory evaluation of the final products it can be concluded that all six combinations of tested gluten-free breads were sensory acceptable.     

Rheological properties of wheat flour substitutes/alternative crops assessed by Mixolab

Wheat is one of the most common cereals used in the world. However, due to greater public awareness of celiac disease and gluten intolerance as well as consumers demands for healthy food and variety in food products, in many widely consumed staples, such as bread, wheat flour is fully or partially replaced with flour from other cereals, pseudocereals or legumes. Although wheat flour alternatives are readily available in the market, these products are often of inferior quality. The aim of this paper was to predict the suitability of alternative crops such as rice, corn, buckwheat, amaranth and soya for the production of quality bread. Their rheological properties were studied, and compared to the properties of wheat flour which served as a benchmark. The tested alternative cereals, pseudocereals and legumes were selected in order to represent the widely used ones in gluten-free products as well as the ones found to be nutritionally improved according to recent publications. Moreover, the differences between wheat and buckwheat flour, and their wholegrain counterparts were also studied. The determination of rheological properties of wheat flour dough as well as the dough from other raw materials (rice, corn, buckwheat, amaranth and soya) was performed by Mixolab. According to results obtained by Mixolab measurements, flours from different raw materials exhibited Mixolab profiles which greatly differ from wheat flour profile. Samples of rice and both types of buckwheat flour expressed the most similar rheological behaviour to wheat flour. However, since, there was no tested material which exactly mimic wheat flour dough properties, it was concluded that their mixtures would give the optimal rheological profile. Although it is a very challenging task to mimic wheat flour unique breadmaking properties, it is possible to create products having similar rheological behaviour to wheat flour dough, but improved functional properties.     

Quality of spaghetti pasta containing Mexican common bean flour (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)

The objective of this research was to study the effect of the addition of common bean flour to semolina on the cooking quality and total phenolic content of pasta. Pasta was obtained at three temperatures (60, 70 and 80 °C) and two levels of added common bean flour (15% and 30%); plain pasta (100% semolina) was used as control. Moisture, optimal cooking time, cooking loss, water absorption capacity, colour change, firmness and total phenolic and furosine contents were measured. The cooking time and water absorption were diminished in spaghetti pasta with added common bean flour; cooking loss increased and firmness decreased as a function of the bean flour percentage. A linear relationship between colour change and common bean flour content in pasta was found. Increases of furosine and phenolic contents in pasta with the addition of bean flour were observed.     

Effect of Starch Substitution by Buckwheat Flour on Gluten-Free Bread Quality

The buckwheat flour was studied as a potential healthy ingredient for improving the nutritional and technological quality of gluten-free bread. The effect of exchange of gluten-free formulation mass by buckwheat flour in 10, 20, 30 and 40 % was investigated. The increase in loaf specific volume with rising buckwheat flour addition was observed. Compared with the control sample, decrease in whiteness and increase in redness and yellowness of crumb were noticed. The rising amount of buckwheat flour in gluten-free bread formulation caused a decrease in crumb hardness during storage. This was in agreement with the decrease in starch gelatinisation enthalpy with the increasing amount of buckwheat flour in gluten-free formula in comparison with the control sample. Buckwheat flour could be incorporated into gluten-free formula and have a positive influence on bread texture and delaying its staling.     

苦荞-小麦混合粉面团特性及其鲜湿面条的研制

探讨不同比例的苦荞粉和小麦粉对小麦粉面团流变学特性及其鲜湿面条品质的影响,为后续加工应用提供理论依据。本研究通过混合实验仪和吹泡仪测定面团流变学特性,分析混合粉面团内淀粉和蛋白质的相互作用,以鲜湿面条的微观结构、感官评价、蒸煮品质和质构特性为评价指标,寻找苦荞粉的最佳添加比例。结果表明:在未添加任何添加剂的情况下,随着苦荞粉添加量的增加,面团的吸水率不断降低,形成时间和稳定时间逐渐增大,苦荞粉添加量≤30%时,能够改善产品的质量,C3-C4值降低到0.08N·m,C3-C2值增加到1.33 N·m,C5-C4值降低到0.51 N·m;同时,鲜湿面条的品质也逐渐变差,P值增大至73.7 nm,L值和W值分别降低至5.3 nm和16 nm,当苦荞粉添加量≥30%时,无弹性。而根据面条的微观结构、蒸煮品质以及质构的分析,苦荞粉为10%时,面条不仅保持了良好口感(感官评分为83分),而且具有较好的品质(熟断条率为6.67%,蒸煮损失为6.67%,硬度为3831.16 g,弹性为0.87)。综上所述,鲜湿面条中苦荞粉的最大添加量为30%,最佳添加比例为10%。