Significance of viscosity profile of pasted and gelled formulated wheat doughs on bread staling

Pasting profile during cooking and cooling of straight/soured started bread doughs formulated with non fat-sodium carboxymethylcellulose (CMC), hydroxypropylmethylcellulose (HPMC), fungal α-amylase and fat-monoglycerides (MGL), diacetyl tartaric acid ester of mono-diglycerides and sodium stearoyl lactylate (SSL)-additives was recorded in the Brabender (BVA) visco-amylograph and Newport rapid viscoanalyser (RVA). Rheological results were correlated with bread staling kinetics during storage. Bread dough viscosity characteristics, derived from the RVA pasting profile during cooking and cooling, highly correlate with bread staling kinetic parameters. This is particularly so in the cases of peak viscosity, pasting temperature, and setback during cooling that can be considered as valuable predictors, at a dough level, of bread firming behaviour during storage. Individual and/or binary addition of surfactants to bread dough, particularly MGL and SSL, positively influence the level of the pasting parameters associated with a significant delay in bread firming. Individual additions of methylcellulose derivatives, mainly CMC, induce in general a deleterious effect on dough viscosity. Moreover, the simultaneous presence of CMC and HPMC results in a significant improvement of dough rheology during cooling. Binary mixtures SSL/CMC and MGL/CMC are not recommended from the viscoelastic point of view, due to antagonistic effects of the pair gum/surfactant that nullify the benefits of individual emulsifiers.