Study on the Effect of Jujube Powder on the Quality of Bread

Abstract

As a traditional Chinese medicine and food, jujube is rich in minerals, dietary fiber, polysaccharides, vitamins and other healthy nutrients, which are the supplemental nutrition to wheat flour. This paper studied the bread quality with jujube powder and determined the appropriate ratio of jujube powder to wheat flour. The related characteristics of bread with jujube powder were analyzed by Electronic nose (E-nose), solid phase micro-extraction gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (SPME-GC-MS), scanning electron microscope, texture analyzer, and Sensory Texture Evaluation Methodology, respectively. The total phenolic content and antioxidant activity of the finished bread were evaluated. The results showed that with the increase of the addition of jujube powder, the specific volume, moisture content and elasticity of bread decreased gradually, while the softness and chewiness were increased progressively. The total phenol content and antioxidant activity of bread increased gradually with the adding of jujube powder content. The bread quality was the best when the addition of 4g of jujube powder/100g of wheat flour. While new volatile substances of jujube bread included hexane, 2, 3-dihydro-3, 5-dihydroxy-6-methyl-4H-phyran-4-one, n-Hexadecane, and l- Caryophyllene, as well as alcohol. Microstructural analysis showed that the structure of stomata changed significantly with the adding of jujube powder. The size of stomata and density of bread are not significantly different from those of ordinary bread with less than 4% jujube powder.