天然马铃薯、木薯和玉米淀粉添加对发酵挂面品质的影响

为解决市售发酵挂面存在爽滑性差、粘弹性差、蒸煮时间长的问题,本文以单因素实验的方法,研究了马铃薯淀粉、木薯淀粉和玉米淀粉对发酵挂面蒸煮特性、质构特性以及感官评价的影响.结果表明:添加天然薯类和谷物淀粉均可以改善发酵挂面的蒸煮及质构品质,提高感官评价得分,尤其能够缩短最佳蒸煮时间,同时结合质构和感官实验数据分析,添加10...     

Cassava traits and end-user preference: Relating traits to consumer liking,sensory perception,and genetics

Breeding efforts have focused on improving agronomic traits of the cassava plant however little research has been done to enhance the crop palatability. This review investigates the links between cassava traits and end-user preference in relation with sensory characteristics. The main trait is starch and its composition related to the textural properties of the food. Pectin degradation during cooking resulted in increased mealiness. Nutritional components such as carotenoids made the cassava yellow but also altered sweetness and softness; however, yellow cassava was more appreciated by consumers than traditional (white) varieties. Components formed during processing such as organic acids gave fermented cassava products an acidic taste that was appreciated but the fermented smell was not always liked. Anti-nutritional compounds such as cyanogenic glucosides were mostly related to bitter taste. Post-harvest Physiological Deterioration (PPD) affected the overall sensory characteristics and acceptability. Genes responsible for some of these traits were also investigated. Diversity in cassava food products can provide a challenge to identifying acceptance criteria. Socio-economic factors such as gender may also be critical. This review leads to questions in relation to the adaptation of cassava breeding to meet consumer needs and preference in order to maximize income, health and food security.     

Evaluation of the quality characteristics of flour and pasta from fermented cassava roots

The study investigated the effect of fermentation of cassava roots on the quality characteristics of flour and pasta. Cassava roots were fermented under natural condition for a period of 12, 36 and 60 h. Physicochemical properties, microbial analysis, pasting properties, in vitro digestibility, X-ray diffraction analysis of cassava flour, cooking properties, texture profile analysis (TPA) and sensory properties of the pasta were examined. The moisture content, carbohydrate, water absorption capacity, swelling and solubility index of fermented flour increased with an increase in fermentation period. Also, as fermentation progressed, increase in pasting viscosities of cassava flour was observed. The resistant starch (RS) content of cassava flour decreased with increasing period of fermentation. The duration of fermentation process significantly affected textural properties and cooking loss of cassava pasta. Sensory assessment showed that cassava roots fermented for 36 h gave pasta with the most acceptable qualities.     

Expansion Properties of Sour Cassava Starch (Polvilho Azedo): Variables Related to its Practical Application in Bakery

Sour cassava starch (polvilho azedo) is a chemically and enzymatically modified starch with the specific property of expansion in bakery products without the use of any chemical or biological leavening agents. In this work, the cumulative knowledge about sour cassava starch is presented in relation to its physicochemical characteristics, with the purpose of establishing a relation between the application properties and some structural and chemical characteristics in order to design a model of the modified structure of starch and the most important technical variables. Such approach will help to provide some quality standards for future adequate valorization of sour cassava starch, especially with respect to potential use in gluten‐free products. This work showed that a good sour cassava starch is significantly different from low expansion cassava starches with respect to pH, acid factor, swelling power, specific volume, and polymerization degree (intrinsic viscosity). These variables could be related to the maximization of sour cassava starch expansion for a future predictive decision analysis about a high quality sour cassava starch to the baking use.     

Processing of Cassava to Produce Ethanol – Effect of Raw Material Preparation

The effect of disintegration severity on starch hydrolysis and ethanol production from cassava roots and stems has been evaluated. It was found that a considerable fraction of the starch in the roots was made available for hydrolysis with relatively crude processing; all such material was readily fermented. To achieve a very high fermentables yield, either very intensive processing or, preferably, a two stage process, with the second stage being applied only to the oversize material, is required. Whether it is economically viable to process the oversize material further depends on a number of site-specific factors. The two stage option appears the more attractive alternative especially in small to medium size cassava to ethanol plants because of the need to minimise power requirements and thereby steam usage.     

Microbiological and physico‐chemical characteristics of fufu analogue from breadfruit (Altocarpus altilis F)

Breadfruit was processed into a novel form analogous to retted cassava or fufu. The fruits and cassava tubers were each peeled, comminuted and fermented for 5 days. The slurries obtained were dewatered, oven‐dried at 50?C and then milled to flour. Microbial and physico‐chemical analyses of the flour samples were evaluated. During fermentation, total viable count, lactic acid bacteria count and yeast/mould count of breadfruit increased from 2.9 × 10⁴ to 64 × 10⁵, 24.8 × 10⁵ to 11.9 and 6.7 × 10⁵ to 2.6 × 10⁶, respectively. Corresponding increases were recorded for cassava. The ?Brix of the steep waters increased steadily while the pH decreased over the fermentation period. Pasting characteristics of breadfruit recorded for unfermented breadfruit starch were higher than those of fermented starch (P < 0.05). Processing of breadfruit into a culturally familiar form analogous to fufu will increase the utilisation of breadfruit, especially in several food deficit countries where fermented cassava products are already accepted as staple foods.     

Emulsifiers affect the texture of pastes made from fermented and non-fermented cassava flours†

The effects of glycerol monostearate (GMS) and sodium steroyl lactylate (SSL) on the rheological properties of native, naturally fermented (NF) and mixed culture fermented (MCF) cassava flour pastes were measured using instrumental texture profile analysis (TPA) and by finger cohesiveness (difficulty in separation). Fermentation reduced the TPA parameters, hardness, cohesiveness and gumminess, but not springiness/elasticity. These were reduced further when either GMS or SSL were incorporated into the pastes. Pastes made from native and naturally fermented flours were scored by a Cameroonian sensory panel as difficult to separate, whereas scores for native and fermented flour pastes treated with 1% or more of GMS or SSL were easy to separate. Increased internal stability of the cassava flour starch granules was suggested as the cause of the effects.     

Physicochemical Changes in Cassava Starch and Flour Associated With Fermentation: Effect on Textural Properties

Physicochochemical changes in cassava starch and flour associated with fermentation were investigated and related to textural properties of its flour pastes. Cyanide and pH decreased, while crude protein, acidity, and apparent amylose content increased in the fermented products. Average starch granule diameter, solubility, and swelling power were depressed, while gelatinization enthalpy increased. Amylograph of starch showed increased peak visocity temperature, reduced peak, breakdown, and setback viscosities, while Texture Profile Analysis showed a decreased in hardness, cohesiveness, elasticity, and gumminess of the fermented flour paste. The altered textural properties were attributed to greater starch granule stability due to short amylose-like fragments formed by enzymatic hydrolysis of amylopectin.     

Comparison of the expansion ability of fermented maize flour and cassava starch during baking

The modifications occurring during the fermentation (at 20 or 35 °C) and drying (under the sun or in an oven at 40 °C) of maize flour (ogi) and cassava starch along with their expansion ability during baking were characterised and compared. A high temperature accelerated the fermentation but favoured lactic acid synthesis for maize ogi and butyric acid for cassava starch. The increase in acidity was higher for maize, but dried maize ogi did not evidence any expansion ability whatever the experimental conditions. Cassava starch that had been fermented at 20 °C then sun‐dried presented the highest expansion ability. It was associated with low paste viscosities and high swelling and solubilisation values. When the fermentation was carried out at 35 °C, an annealing of cassava starch occurred that delayed starch gelatinisation and which could be involved in its lower baking expansion ability. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

Rheological Properties of Acidified and UV‐Irradiated Starches

This study evaluated the effect of added lactic acid and/or UV irradiation on the depolymerization and rheological properties of cassava and corn starches. Combination of lactic acid addition and UV irradiation decreased the intrinsic viscosity of corn and cassava starches. Lactic acid addition alone also decreased paste viscosity in both starches. The paste viscosity of cassava (but not corn) starch was also reduced after UV irradiation. Acidification and UV irradiation increased expansion volume during the baking of cassava (but not corn) starch dough. The baking expansion of cassava starch may be due to its high swelling capacity and solubility resulting from molecular degradation after acidification and irradiation. For corn starch, its high gelatinization temperature and internal lipids content could interfere in starch leaching and thus delay the decrease in viscosity and inhibit dough expansion.     

高静压对木薯淀粉理化特性及结构的影响

木薯原淀粉因存在不溶于冷水、易老化等诸多性质上的不足,极大地限制了其在食品、药品等领域的应 用。为了优化木薯淀粉的产品特性,通过对木薯淀粉进行高静压（200～600 MPa）改性处理,来优化其性质并拓 展其应用范围。结果显示高静压处理后木薯淀粉颗粒形貌发生明显变化,透光率、溶解度和膨润力均下降,老化值 增大,特别是在600 MPa改性处理后变化最明显,且失去偏光十字;此外,高静压处理后的木薯淀粉表观黏度低于木 薯原淀粉,剪切稀化现象更加明显。木薯原淀粉在经高静压处理后虽然晶型有一定的变化,但没有形成新的基团。     

Characterization and differentiation of Lactobacillus manihotivorans strains isolated from cassava sour starch

Lactobacillus manihotivorans has been reported as one of the dominant species in cassava sour starch production process. Seven isolates that have previously been identified as belonging to this species were studied in the present work. Their molecular and phenotypic characteristics showed higher strain diversity than previously described. Differences were found in their fermentation profiles, whereas no major differences were observed in properties related to processing conditions (salt concentration, pH, temperature), or in potential functional properties (bile salt and pH 2.0 tolerance). Among the main characteristics of interest for the fermentation of cereals or cassava, blended or not with legumes, six out of seven strains were amylolytic and raffinose was fermented by all strains. Strains OND 32T and OLB 7 fermented the broadest range of carbohydrates. Most of the strains contained plasmids. Plasmid curing changed their phenotypic characteristics, particularly those of strain OND 32T, which, in addition, lost its starch and raffinose fermentation ability.     

Physicochemical properties of the starchy flour extracted from sweet potato tubers through lactic acid fermentation

The efficiency of starch extraction from sweet potato tubers was improved by lactic acid fermentation using a mixed culture inoculum. Study of the properties of the starchy flour showed that there was a significant reduction in the starch content and consequently the soluble and apparent amylose contents of fermented samples from all six varieties used. A fall in peak viscosity and viscosity breakdown was observed for fermented samples, while the pasting temperature was enhanced significantly. The fermented flour showed greater solubility and reduced swelling. Differential scanning calorimetry studies indicated a delay in gelatinisation and a fall in enthalpy of gelatinisation of the starch on fermentation. Unlike cassava, all the properties of the starch from sweet potato tubers, ie viscosity, swelling, solubility, gelatinisation temperature, amylose content and starch content, were affected by fermentation, and variation was also observed among cultivars. Copyright © 2005 Society of Chemical Industry     

Influence of Natural Fermentation and Drying Conditions on the Physicochemical Characteristics of Cassava Starch

The physicochemical characteristics of cassava starches sampled at a pilot plant in Colombia during fermentation and drying processes were determined in relation to their ability for making specific bread-like products that inflate during baking. Nitrogen compounds and non-starch polysaccharides are minor components which were unlikely to be involved in the baking expansion property of fermented cassava starch. Thirty percent of the lactic acid synthesised during the fermentation step was not recovered after sun-drying whereas it remained constant when oven-dried. The crystalline structure of starch was not changed by the fermentation and drying processes whereas the behaviour of starch polysaccharides in water was dramatically modified. This behaviour seemed to be related to the baking expansion potential of cassava starches; the lower the intrinsic viscosity, the hot paste viscosities and the hydrodynamic volumes of the starchy components, the higher the baking expansion ability. These results suggest the occurrence of an oxidative modification of starch molecules, such as depolymerisation, due to the joint action of fermentation and sun-drying. © 1997 SCI.     

Infestation of dried cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) by Prostephanus truncatus (Horn( (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae)

Stored dried cassava is known to become heavily infested by Prostephanus truncatus (Horn). A field study was undertaken in Tanzania to determine the extent of losses that this pest could cause in fermented and unfermented dried cassava roots stored over a period of about 4 months. In fermented roots, the mean weight loss (±SD) rose to 73.6 ± 25.9% over this period compared with 52.3 ± 12.0% in unfermented roots. At each time interval that roots were examined, the weight loss in fermented roots was significantly higher. Subsequent laboratory studies, undertaken to identify some of the factors responsible for this difference between the two types of cassava comprised (1) a determination of the length of larval and pupal development at 27°C and 50 or 70% r.h., (2) adult preference for the two types, and (3) their susceptibility to adult boring. P. truncatus developed at a similar rate in both fermented and unfermented roots, but the adults appeared to prefer the fermented cassava possibly because it was easier to bore into. This was certainly one factor making fermented roots more susceptible to damage by adults. It is concluded that although P. truncatus caused lower weight loss in the unfermented compared with the fermented roots, both were so heavily damaged that it is not worth recommending the storage of one rather than the other. The role of cassava as an intermediate host for P. truncatus is discussed and consideration is given to the need to control the beetle in cassava in order to reduce cross-infestation to maize.     

Microwave‐Assisted Synthesis and Characterization of Succinate Derivatives of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Starch

The use of microwave heating to prepare very rapidly cassava starch succinates with high viscosity is described. A response surface design was used for the experiment and different factors affecting the succinylation of cassava starch, including concentration of succinic anhydride, reaction time, temperature and moisture content of the medium were investigated. The degrees of substitution of the modified starches increased with an increase in reaction time and were in the range 0.007 – 0.051. The products exhibited higher viscosity, lower pasting temperature, enhanced water binding capacity and reduced swelling and paste clarity than unmodified cassava starch. The results of this study indicated that succinylation of starch can be achieved in shorter reaction times, which offers a benefit to laboratories and industries involved in developing newer and more versatile uses for cassava starch.     

羟丙基木薯淀粉水凝胶的构建及性能研究

近年来,淀粉基水凝胶的研究备受关注,但是天然淀粉水凝胶存在高脆性、低拉伸性等缺陷,限制了它的应用。本研究旨在通过羟丙基改性木薯淀粉提高其凝胶特性,并将羟丙基木薯淀粉与玉米淀粉复配,探究复配淀粉水凝胶的性能。结果表明,木薯淀粉经羟丙基化改性后,焓值从14.885 J/g降低到7.780 J/g,结晶度由28.2%降低到22.1%,其构成的水凝胶拉伸应变从320%提高到550%。通过将羟丙基木薯淀粉与玉米淀粉复配,提高了复配淀粉凝胶的拉伸应变,能够拓展其在工业、农业、食品等领域的应用。     

The effect of pre‐harvest pruning of cassava upon root deterioration and quality characteristics

One of the major constraints of cassava as a crop is its perishability. Physiological deterioration, parenchymal blue–black vascular streaking, often starts within 24 h after harvest. This paper presents the results of a detailed study of the effects of pre‐harvest pruning upon post‐harvest physiological deterioration (PPD) and some other quality characteristics. Six cultivars, grown at CIAT (Centro International de Agricultura Tropical), with varying intrinsic susceptibility to PPD, were assessed at pruning–harvest intervals of 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15, 20, 25, 28 and 39 days. After harvesting, the roots were analysed. For the unpruned plants a low susceptibility was found to coincide with a low dry matter content and a high sugar content. After pruning, the susceptibility for all cultivars was drastically reduced, reaching a minimum of around 25% of the original value for a pruning–harvest interval of up to 25 days. Beyond this interval the plants slowly develop new leaf canopy, normal assimilation sets in again and the starch content increases. Analysis of the cassava roots revealed a relationship between the combined sugar and starch contents and the interval duration, and that sugar and starch contents were inversely related to each other. The sugar content increased with the interval period, probably as a result of starch hydrolysis. Other properties such as the contents of dry matter, cyanogen, scopoletin, amylose and reducing sugars and the starch pasting properties were not affected by pruning to a comparable, interval‐dependent, extent. It is concluded that the sugar content, ie the sugar/starch ratio, of cassava roots is positively related to their resistance to post‐harvest physiological deterioration. © 2000 Society of Chemical Industry     

不同碱对木薯淀粉结构的影响

为研究不同碱对木薯淀粉结构的影响,利用第IA主族碱金属氢氧化物配制的碱/醇溶液对木薯淀粉进行处理。通过偏振光显微镜、激光共聚焦显微镜、扫描电子显微镜、X-射线衍射分析、傅里叶变换红外光谱仪对处理木薯淀粉进行表征,并对其直链淀粉和总还原糖含量进行检测。结果表明,不同碱/醇溶液处理均不影响木薯淀粉颗粒形貌的完整性。红外结果显示没有产生新的官能团,但处理木薯淀粉在3412 cm-1处的峰向高波数方向移动,且其强度均小于原木薯淀粉。此外,随着碱金属元素所在周期的增大,碱/醇溶液处理对木薯淀粉内部结构的破坏明显增强,木薯淀粉的晶型发生变化,其相对结晶度由原来的22.03%降至15.07%,淀粉颗粒中直链淀粉含量由22.30%逐渐降低至16.51%。所有处理样品中的总还原糖含量均高于原木薯淀粉。综上可知,不同碱/醇溶液处理对木薯淀粉结构的影响表现出明显的差异。