Effect of sourdough processing and baking on the content of enniatins and beauvericin in wheat and rye bread

Abstract

The occurrence of the emerging mycotoxins enniatins (ENNs) and beauvericin (BEA) has been reported in Fusarium-infected cereals. To study the effect of sourdough processing and baking on ENN B, ENN B1, and BEA concentrations, a recently developed stable isotope dilution assay for these mycotoxins was used. After milling of wheat and rye grains naturally contaminated with ENN B and ENN B1, approximately 70–82 % of the two ENNs were found in the bran fraction and the rest remained in flour. BEA was added to flour before sourdough fermentation. In an experiment on a microscale, dough was fermented for 24 h at 30 or 40 °C, which reduced part of the ENNs and BEA in particular at 40 °C. On a standard scale, mixing, resting, and proofing of the bread dough resulted in 13–19 % reduction of the ENNs compared with flour, but in no significant change of BEA. The final baking at 200 °C for 25 min led to a further decrease of the ENNs and BEA, ranging from 9 to 28 % compared with fermented dough. In case of rye sourdough bread, greater reductions of ENNs were found in crust than in crumb. For both wheat and rye flours, overall 25–41 % of ENN B, ENN B1, and BEA were reduced during the whole sourdough bread-making process.