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Development of Gluten-Free Muffins made from Breadfruit and Unripe Plantain Flours |
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| Authors: | Megan M Kemski Aurora Cottonaro Elena Vittadini Yael Vodovotz |
| Affiliation: | 1. Abbott Nutrition, Columbus, USA
Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA Contribution: Data curation (equal), Formal analysis (equal), Methodology (equal), Validation (equal), Visualization (equal), Writing - review & editing (equal);2. Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA Department of Food and Drugs, University of Parma, Parma, Italy Contribution: Formal analysis (equal), ?Investigation (lead), Methodology (equal), Project administration (equal), Validation (equal), Visualization (equal), Writing - original draft (lead);3. School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, University of Camerino, Camerino, Italy;4. Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, USA |
| Abstract: | Inclusion of breadfruit (BF) and unripe plantain (UP) in gluten-free muffins was investigated along with a 1:1 BF/UP blend muffin and compared to controls made with gluten-free rice (RI) or traditional wheat (WH) flour. The alternative flours had a 10% higher fibre content than WH and 2%–4% higher than RI flours. Muffin batter viscosity of RI and WH was initially much lower (3-10 times) than UP, BF and BF/UP blend batter. Additionally, starch gelatinisation temperature was increased by 4%–14% for batter made from BF or UP flours, which can provide structural benefits to baked muffins. Muffins made with BF/UP were the hardest (34.7N), followed by BF (31.7N) and RI muffins (30.7N), with UP (28.4) and WH muffins (26.9N) being the softest. Interestingly, overall acceptability of gluten-free muffins showed that both BF/UP and BF flour muffins scored significantly higher than UP and RI muffins indicating their commercial potential. |
| Keywords: | breadfruit flour gluten-free muffins resistant starch unripe plantain flour |