Effect of extrusion conditions on resistant starch formation from pastry wheat flour

Pastry wheat flour was extruded under various conditions of feed moisture (20%, 40%, and 60%) and screw speed (150, 200, and 250 rpm), at constant barrel temperature profile (40, 60, 80, 100, and 120 °C, feed port to exit die). The extruded samples were stored at 4 °C for 0, 7, or 14 days, at which times resistant starch (RS) formation was analyzed. Thermal and pasting properties of extruded samples stored for 14 days were analyzed using a differential scanning calorimeter and rapid visco analyzer (RVA), respectively. The RS content increased after extrusion compared to non-extruded pastry wheat flour. High significant positive correlations of feed moisture (P < 0.01) and storage period (P < 0.05) with RS formation were observed. The RS derived from extrusion and storage showed higher thermal stability with decreasing feed moisture and screw speed. Statistically significant differences in pasting properties were observed with feed moisture or screw speed. In particular, the setback value from RVA of the sample was significantly increased with increasing feed moisture. These results indicate that feed moisture and storage time were both important factors for the formation of RS from pastry wheat flour during extrusion.     

Effects of extrusion conditions on system parameters and physical properties of a chickpea flour-based snack

Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to study the effects of feed moisture content (16–18%), screw speed (250–320 rpm), and barrel temperature (150–170 °C) on extruder system parameters (product temperature, die pressure, motor torque, specific mechanical energy, SME) and physical properties (expansion, bulk density, hardness) of a chickpea flour-based snack. Second-order polynomials were used to model the extruder responses and product properties as a function of process variables. Product temperature and die pressure were affected by all three process variables, while motor torque and SME were only influenced by screw speed and barrel temperature. All three variables affected product responses significantly. Desirable products, characterized by high expansion ratio and low bulk density and hardness, were obtained at low feed moisture, high screw speed and medium to high barrel temperature. It was demonstrated that chickpeas can be used to produce nutritious snacks with desirable expansion and texture properties.     

EXTRUSION COOKING OF BLENDS OF SOY FLOUR AND SWEET POTATO FLOUR ON SPECIFIC MECHANICAL ENERGY (SME), EXTRUDATE TEMPERATURE AND TORQUE

Defatted soy flour and sweet potato flour containing 18% moisture were mixed in a pilot mixer, and extruded in an Almex-Bettenfeld single-screw extruder operated at varying rotational speed and die diameter. A central composite, rotatable nearly orthogonal design, which required 23 experiments for three factors (feed composition (fc), screw speed (ss) and die diameter (dd)) was developed and used for the generation of response surfaces. Effects of the extrusion variables on specific mechanical energy (SME), extrudate temperature (ET), and torque (T) were evaluated using response surface analysis. Results showed that product temperature increased with increases in die diameter, screw speed and feed composition. However, the effect of die diameter was greater than those of screw speed and feed composition. Decrease in die diameter with increase in sweet potato content increased torque. Screw speed exhibited a linear effect on torque.     

Effects of extrusion variables on the properties of waxy hulless barley extrudates

The objective of this research was to investigate the extrudability of waxy hulless barley flour under various extrusion conditions. Waxy hulless barley flour was processed in a laboratory-scale corotating twin-screw extruder with different levels of feed moisture content (22.3, 26.8, and 30.7%) and die temperature (130, 150, and 170 degrees C) to develop a snack food with high beta-glucan content. The effects of extrusion condition variables (screw configuration, moisture, and temperature) on the system variables (pressure and specific mechanical energy), the extrudate physical properties (sectional expansion index, bulk density), starch gelatinization, pasting properties (cold peak viscosity, trough viscosity, and final viscosity), and beta-glucan contents were determined. Results were evaluated by using response surface methodology. Increased extrusion temperature and feed moisture content resulted in decreases in exit die pressure and specific mechanical energy values. For extrudates extruded under low shear screw configuration (LS), increased barrel temperature decreased sectional expansion index (SEI) values at both low and high moisture contents. The feed moisture seems to have an inverse relationship with SEI over the range studied. Bulk density was higher at higher moisture contents, for both low and high barrel temperatures, for samples extruded under high shear screw configuration (HS) and LS. Cold peak viscosities (CV) were observed in all samples. The CV increased with the increase in extrusion temperature and feed moisture content. Although beta-glucan contents of the LS extrudates were comparable to that of barley flour sample, HS samples had generally lower beta-glucan contents. The extrusion cooking technique seems to be promising for the production of snack foods with high beta-glucan content, especially using LS conditions.     

Development of a bulgur‐like product using extrusion cooking

In this study we (1) developed a new bulgur‐like foodstuff using a durum wheat cultivar and an extrusion technique, (2) investigated the physicochemical properties of the extrudates produced and (3) sensorially evaluated the end‐product after cooking. Durum wheat was processed in a laboratory‐scale co‐rotating twin‐screw extruder with different levels of moisture content of the feed (367, 417 and 455 g kg^?1), screw speed (150 and 200 rpm) and feed rate (2.4 and 2.9 kg h^?1) to develop the bulgur‐like product. The effects of extrusion conditions on system variables (die pressure and specific mechanical energy (SME)), physical properties (die swell and bulk density), pasting properties (peak, trough and final viscosities) and cooking and sensory properties of the bulgur‐like products were determined. The results indicated that increased feed moisture content resulted in significant decreases in the die pressure and SME values of the extruded durum wheat products. As the moisture content and screw speed increased, the changes in die swell values were not significant. The lowest die swell and highest bulk density values were obtained at the highest feed moisture content. The extrusion variables also affected the pasting properties of the extrudates. Significant increases in each of the pasting properties occurred when the moisture content of the feed was increased. Some of the sensory properties (bulkiness, firmness, stickiness and taste–aroma) improved significantly as the feed moisture content increased, indicating better quality. Increased feed moisture content significantly improved cooking quality as determined by a decrease in colorimetric test results. Extrusion seems to be promising for the production of dry, relatively inexpensive bulgur‐like products with acceptable sensory properties. © 2003 Society of Chemical Industry     

Antioxidant activity of barley as affected by extrusion cooking

Grit from different hulled barley cultivars was subjected to extrusion cooking and the effect of extrusion moisture and temperature on the antioxidant properties was studied. A significant decrease in the total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoid content (TFC) was observed upon extrusion and a further decrease of 8-29% in TPC and 13-27% in TFC was observed when both the feed moisture and extrusion temperature were increased. The antioxidant activity (AOA) increased significantly upon extrusion and this increase was the highest (36-69%) at 150 °C and 20% feed moisture. The increase in feed moisture and temperature significantly increased the metal chelating activity. The reducing power decreased significantly upon extrusion as compared to their corresponding control samples. Extrusion lead to a greater increase in non-enzymatic browning (NEB) index however, increasing the moisture content of feed decreased the NEB index by 3-29% (at 180 °C) and 1-17% (150 °C), while increasing the temperature increased the NEB significantly.     

含盐和糖的米粉的双螺杆挤压装置

研究了在使用旋转型全隔行式双螺杆挤压机时,螺杆速度、盐(0~3%)和糖(0~8%)对米粉挤压的影响。提高螺杆速度、盐分或糖分,一般来说会降低转矩和模具压力,螺杆速度是比盐分和糖分对三个重要加工变量(转矩,单位机械能和模具压力)影响更重要的因子。挤出物的直径(径向变量)只受到糖分的影响,而不受盐分或螺杆速度的影响。在螺杆速度为300r/min时,挤出物的长度(轴向延长)要高于200r/min,其长度还随含盐量和含糖量增加而增加。在添加盐和糖以及在增加螺杆速度时单位体积明显增加。挤出物的破裂强度与径向膨胀呈反比关系。螺杆速度由200r/min提高到300r/min会产生较白、不太绿的挤出物。     

Effects of Processing Conditions on Single Screw Extrusion of Feed Ingredients Containing DDGS

Distillers dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a feed coproduct from the fuel ethanol industry, has been shown to be a viable potential alternative protein source for aquaculture feeds. To investigate this, three isocaloric (3.5kcal/g) ingredient blends containing 20, 30, and 40% DDGS, with a net protein adjusted to 28% (wet basis, wb), were prepared for use as Nile tilapia feed. Extrusion processing was then conducted using three DDGS contents (20, 30, and 40%, wb), three moisture contents (15, 20, and 25%, wb), three barrel temperature gradients (90–100–100°C, 90–130–130°C, and 90–160–160°C), and five screw speeds (80, 100, 120, 140, and 160rpm) using a single screw laboratory extruder. Several processing parameters, including mass flow rate, net torque required, specific mechanical energy consumption, apparent viscosity, and temperature and pressure of the dough inside the barrel and die, were measured to quantify the extrusion behavior of the DDGS-based blends. For all blends, as the temperature profile increased, mass flow rate exhibited a slight decrease, die pressure decreased, and apparent viscosity exhibited a slight decrease as well. Likewise, the net torque requirement, specific mechanical energy consumption, and apparent viscosity decreased as screw speed increased, but mass flow rate increased. Additionally, as moisture content increased, die pressure decreased. At higher temperatures in the barrel and die, the viscosity of the dough was lower, leading to lower torque and specific mechanical energy requirements. Increasing the DDGS content, on the other hand, resulted in a higher mass flow rate and decreased pressure inside the die. As demonstrated in this study, the selection of suitable temperature and moisture content levels are critical for processing DDGS-based ingredient blends.     

Effect of extrusion variables on fermented maize-finger millet blend in the production of uji

The effects of screw speed, feed moisture, glucose, fructose, sucrose and maltose on extrusion of lactic fermented and dried maize-finger millet blend was investigated. Fermentation caused a reduction in sectional expansion index, flour bulk density and water absorption index (WAI) but increased specific volume, water solubility index and darkened the extrudates. Increase in feed moisture (13-25%) reduced sectional expansion index, specific volume and yellowness but increased extrudate moisture content, bulk density and darkness of the extrudates. Increasing screw speed (158-242 rpm) had a negative correlation only with specific volume and lightness (P<0.05). An increase in the content of any of the sugars reduced extrudate moisture content, sectional expansion index, WAI and specific volume but increased bulk density and water solubility index. Extrudates treated with monosaccharides were darker than extrudates treated with disaccharides.     

螺杆转速和原料含水率对糯米单螺杆挤出过程的影响

本文利用组合实验研究了糯米单螺杆挤出过程中操作参数(螺杆转速、原料含水率]对挤出设备和产品性能(生产率、功耗、度电产量、膨化指数、吸水指数、水溶性指数)的影响,建立了相互影响关系的回归方程,得出随螺杆转速的增加,生产率、功耗、水溶性指数增大,而度电产量、膨化指数、吸水指数开始上升,然后下降,存在极大值,综合各指标,该设备的最佳螺杆转速在240—260rpm;随原料含水率的增加,生产率、度电产量、吸水指数增加,而功耗、膨化指数、水溶指数减小,该设备挤出膨化糯米时的最佳原料含水率在18％～21％范围内。     

The effect of extrusion cooking using different water feed rates on the quality of ready-to-eat snacks made from food by-products

The effect of different levels of feed moisture (12–17%) during extrusion cooking, using a co-rotating twin-screw extruder on selected nutritional and physical properties of extruded products was investigated. Four different formulations were used based on wheat flour and corn starch with the addition of 10% brewer’s spent grain (BSG) and red cabbage (RC) trimming reducing the flour and starch. The samples were: wheat flour + BSG (WBSG), corn starch + BSG (CBSG), wheat flour + red cabbage (WRC) and corn starch + red cabbage (CRC). Process conditions utilised were: constant feed rate of 25 kg/h, screw speed 200 rpm and barrel temperature of 80 and 120 °C. The results indicated that increasing the water feed to 15% increased the level of total dietary fibre (TDF) in all the extrudates while extrusion processing increased the level of TDF in WBSG, CBSG and CRC but decreased in WRC products. Extrusion cooking increased the level of total antioxidant capacity (TAC) and total phenolic compounds (TPC) in WRC and CRC. In addition to water feed level affecting the TDF of the extrudates, also affected were the expansion ratio, bulk density, hardness, WSI, SME and colour. The protein level of the products and hardness of extrudates were related to the different formulations.     

Effects of cold extrusion process on thiamine and riboflavin contents of fortified corn extrudates

In this study, corn extrudates were produced from fortified corn flour by conventional and cold extrusion techniques at different barrel temperatures of 80, 110, 130 and 80 °C, respectively, and feed moisture contents. Thiamine and riboflavin contents of extrudates were determined by HPLC. Thiamine contents of the samples produced at feed moisture contents 20% and 25% decreased as temperature increased. There was no significant difference between riboflavin contents of conventional extrudates produced at both feed moistures at 80 and 110 °C barrel temperatures. However, riboflavin content of extrudates produced at 20% feed moisture was higher than the one produced at 25% feed moisture at 130 °C. In cold extrusion, there was no significant difference between riboflavin contents of samples. The samples produced by CO₂ injection had the lowest expansion index and uniform air cells. However, the samples produced by conventional extrusion had higher expansion index and size distributions of air cells were not uniform.     

Manufacture and characterization of gelatin films derived from beef,pork and fish sources using twin screw extrusion

Gelatin films derived from beef, pork and fish sources were manufactured by twin-screw, co-rotating extrusion. The effect of extrusion processing parameters, namely; screw speed (100–400 rpm) and temperature (90, 90, 90, 90 °C and 90, 120, 90, 90 °C) on the mechanical and barrier properties of gelatin films were studied. Increasing screw speed up to 300 rpm improved (P < 0.05) tensile strength (TS) and reduced (non-significantly) water vapour permeability (WVP) values for all manufactured gelatin films. However, the WVP of various gelatin film types was reduced (P < 0.05) when a screw speed of 400 rpm was employed. Increasing the speed of extrusion promoted (P < 0.05) increased solubility of films in water. Manufacture of films using a higher temperature profile resulted in films possessing higher puncture strengths (PS), increased water barrier properties with higher water solubility.     

Residence Time Distribution (RTD) in a Single Screw Extrusion of African Breadfruit Mixtures

Mixtures of African breadfruit (Treculia africana Decne), corn, and defatted soybean were extruded in a single-screw Brabender laboratory extruder at process variables derived from a second-order central composite design. The variables consisted of feed composition (0–100% breadfruit, 0–55% soybean, and 0 or 5% corn); fed moisture (15–27%), and screw speed (100–180 rpm). Effects of these variables on residence time distribution were investigated using Congo red as tracer. The extrudate spent longer time in the extruder as feed moisture or screw speed was decreased from 27% to 15% or 180 to 100 rpm, respectively, thereby increasing the residence time distribution characteristics. At 70% feed composition and screw speed of 140 rpm, mean residence time ([`(t)]\overline t ) increased from 40 to 50 s, whereas extrudate total collection time (t <sub>c</sub>) increased from 65 to 70 s. At screw speed of 100–180 rpm, mean residence time ([`(t)]\overline t ) decreased from 55 to 35 s, whereas extrudate total collection time (t _c) decreased from 75 to 65 s. At 100% African breadfruit composition, these time values decreased to 35 and 70 s, respectively, at the same screw speed, indicating the significant influence of feed composition and soybean addition to the mixture on residence time distribution. Residence time distribution curves indicated an early breakthrough time of 20 s at maximum screw speed (180 rpm), minimum tail of 65 s, and a plug flow pattern of the extrudates.     

Mechanical Properties of Corn-Legume Based Extrudates

The effect of extrusion conditions, including feed rate (2.52–6.84 kg/h), feed moisture content (13–19% wet basis), screw speed (150–250 rpm), and extrusion temperature (150–260°C) on the mechanical properties of corn/legume-based extrudates was studied. White bean and lentil were used in mixtures with corn flour at a ratio of 10:90 up to 90:10 (corn:legume). Simple power models were used to correlate breaking stress and corresponding strain with extrusion conditions and material characteristics. The influence of feed rate on the extrudates mechanical properties was incorporated in the mean residence time. The breaking stress of extrudates decreased with temperature, residence time, and corn to legume ratio, and it increased with feed moisture content. The corresponding strain showed an opposite trend. Screw speed did not affect the extrudate properties. The use of lentil flour led to a product with higher breaking stress. Furthermore, in a previous work, the porosity of these products was modeled and, now, it was found that breaking stress and porosity of the extrudates could be correlated by an exponential relationship.     

大豆蛋白高水分挤压组织化过程中工艺参数对系统压力和扭矩的影响

以食用脱脂低温豆粕为原料,用响应面分析法,研究了DSE-25型双螺杆挤压机在大豆蛋白高水分挤压组织化过程中工艺参数对系统压力和扭矩的影响。结果表明,机筒温度、物料水分含量、喂料速度和螺杆转速等操作参数对挤压机系统压力和扭矩均具有显著的影响。系统压力随着机筒温度和物料水分含量的升高而降低,随着喂料速度的增加而增加,螺杆转速对其影响较小;扭矩随物料水分含量的增加而降低,随着机筒温度和螺杆转速的升高均表现出先升后降的趋势,随喂料速度的增加则表现出先降后升的趋势。依据逐步回归分析法建立的双螺杆挤压机系统参数的统计模型,具有较高的预测精度,可用于挤压过程的控制和挤压结果的预测。     

低聚异麦芽糖为基质挤压法制备玻璃化抗坏血酸胶囊

采用挤压法制备了低聚异麦芽糖为基质的抗坏血酸(AA)玻璃化胶囊.选择了10%和16%两种AA质量分数的配方,在螺杆转速60 r/min,喂料速度1 kg/h的条件下,研究了3种挤压腔温度时的挤压工艺.探讨了挤压过程中电机扭拒、模头压力等的变化规律.差式扫描量热法、X射线对产品性质进行了表征.对挤压产品产率和载量等理化指标进行了分析.结果表明:提高挤压腔温度可以减小电机扭矩和模头压力.AA质量分数对3种温度条件下的电机扭矩影响较小.当挤压腔为中温和低温时,AA质量分数的增加可以使模头压力减小.两种质量分数的AA得到了很好的包埋,挤压产物的玻璃化转变温度随着AA质量分数增加而降低.X射线表明AA以溶解形式分散于基质中,形成了固溶体.     

Effects of moisture,temperature and level of pea grits on extrusion behaviour and product characteristics of rice

A study was conducted to investigate the effect of feed moisture (18–24%), extrusion temperature (130–170 °C) and level of pea grits (0–30%) on the extrusion behaviour and extrudate properties of rice grits. The extruder die pressure, specific energy consumption, expansion ratio, density, water absorption index, and water solubility index were studied. Second-order polynomials were compared for extruder parameters and product characteristics as a function of feed moisture, extrusion temperature and pea grit level.     

Response surface analysis and extrusion process optimisation of maize–mungbean‐based instant weaning food

This study was conducted to produce high‐quality weaning food from easily available and low‐cost raw materials by extrusion technology. Weaning mix was developed using extrudates of maize (Zea mays) and mungbean (Vigna radiata) flour with a twin‐screw extruder. Experiments were designed using three independent variables [feed moisture (12.6 – 19.4%), screw speed (349 – 601 rpm) and barrel temperature (108 – 192 °C)] and five dependent variables (specific mechanical energy, bulk density, water absorption index, water solubility index and degree of gelatinisation) at five levels of central composite rotatable design (CCRD). Optimisation results indicated that feed moisture of 14.33%, screw speed of 524 rpm and barrel temperature of 174 °C would produce maize–mungbean extrudates of preferable functional properties. The optimised weaning mix contained maize–mungbean extrudates 40%, skim milk powder 35% and sugar 25% (w/w). The nutrient content of the weaning mix was in accordance with the standards specified by PFA, (2004) with high protein and starch digestibility.