Replacement Of Semolina Research Articles

Effect of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) flour on the antioxidant potential, nutritional quality, and sensory characteristics of fortified durum wheat pasta

This paper presents a study on the effect of carob flour addition from 1% to 5% (w/w) on phenolics content, antioxidant activity, nutritional quality, and sensory attributes of wheat pasta. An increase of about 2-folds, 18-folds and 3-folds in phenolics content, antiradical activity and reducing power for pasta fortified with 5% of carob flour was observed, respectively, compared to the control. Expected glycemic index (eGI) was increased proportionally to the substitution level and ranged between 72.2 and 83.9 for 1–5% of supplement, respectively. Furthermore, pasta fortification affected the in vitro bioaccessibility of nutrients. In case of 5% supplemented pasta, the digestibility of starch and protein decreased by about 9% compared to the control. The replacement of semolina with carob flour from 1% to 5% had no significant effect on pasta sensory attributes. In conclusion, carob flour seems to be a promising functional ingredient for pasta fortification.

Effect of semolina replacement with a raw:popped amaranth flour blend on cooking quality and texture of pasta

The replacement of semolina (SEM) with raw:popped (90:10) amaranth flour blend (AFB) in pasta making at 25, 50, 75, and 100 g/100 g levels (flour basis, 14 g of water/100 g) was carried out to evaluate the effects on cooking quality and texture of the supplemented pasta samples. Significant differences on cooking quality characteristics and texture of the pasta samples were observed. The pasta solid loss increased, weight gain and firmness decreased as the AFB level increased. The semolina pasta showed the lowest solid loss (7 g/100 g) and the highest weight gain (188.3 g/100 g) and firmness (1.49 N), whereas the amaranth blend pasta was the softer (around half of the firmness of semolina pasta) and lost the higher amount of solids (11.5 g/100 g). The raw and popped AFB was suitable for increasing the nutritional quality through dietary fiber and high quality protein and even to obtain gluten-free pasta with acceptable cooking quality (solid loss of 3.5 g/100 g higher than that considered as acceptable for semolina pasta). The amaranth blend used in this study enables the partial or total replacement of wheat semolina in pastas with acceptable cooking quality and texture.

Effects of the addition of a meal deriving from toasted durum wheat kernels on dough properties and spaghetti cooking behaviorEfectos de la adición de una harina derivada de granos tostados de trigo duro en las propiedades de masa y comportamiento para el cocido de espaguetis

The aim was to study the effects of toasting of durum wheat kernels on the properties of dough and spaghetti produced with semolina and increasing amounts of the meal deriving from toasted kernels. The replacement of semolina with the toasted meal caused a decrease in the dough strength and an increase of its tenacity already at a substitution level of 100 g kg−1. Pasta made with 100% semolina or with a mixture of semolina and 200 g kg−1 of toasted durum wheat meal appeared as the best, being the less compressible and showing the highest values of cohesiveness. Water sorption curves were successfully described through the Peleg's equation. The application of response surface regression followed by stepwise regression allowed to write one equation for each of the textural properties measured. Gluten index was the best predictor of compressibility, cohesiveness, and gumminess whereas elasticity was better predicted on the basis of both gluten content and gluten index. Observed and predicted values were highly correlated with R 2 ranging from 0.707 (compressibility) to 0.867 (gumminess). El objetivo fue investigar los efectos de tostado de granos de trigo duro en las propiedades de masa y espaguetis producidos con semolina y cantidades cada vez mayores de la harina derivada de granos tostados. La sustitución de semolina por la harina tostada originó una disminución de la fuerza de la masa y un incremento de su tenacidad ya a un nivel de sustitución de 100 g kg−1. La pasta hecha con 100% semolina o con una mezcla de semolina y 200 g kg−1 de harina tostada de trigo duro (TDWM) se mostró como la mejor, siendo la menos compresible y mostrando los valores más altos de cohesión. Las curvas de absorción de agua se describieron exitosamente a través de la ecuación de Peleg. La aplicación de la regresión de superficie de respuesta seguida de regresión progresiva permitió escribir una ecuación para cada una de las propiedades texturales medidas. El índice de gluten fue el mejor predictor de compresibilidad, cohesión y gomosidad, mientras la elasticidad fue predicha mejor en base a ambos contenido de gluten e índice de gluten. Valores observados y predichos fueron altamente correlacionados con R2 entre 0,707 (compresibilidad) y 0,867 (gomosidad).

Wheat Bran Stabilization and its Use in the Preparation of High-Fiber Pasta

Wheat bran was explored as a source of fiber in the preparation of high-fiber pasta. Ground raw wheat bran having an ash content 5.99%, crude protein 15.1% and fat content 5.83% was subjected to moist heat treatment (steam heat-treated bran) and dry heat treatment (dry heat-treated bran), wherein the lipase activity was reduced by 50%. Treated bran samples were stable for 3 months without developing any rancid flavor and bitterness. Pasta samples were prepared by substituting semolina with 40% and 50% of bran samples. There was no further significant inactivation of lipase activity upon extrusion followed by drying of pasta, irrespective of the type and the amount of bran sample used. The cooked weights of the pasta were in the range 257-268 g/100 g, whereas the cooking loss decreased from 12.8% to 9.3% for treated bran-incorporated pasta. Sensory scores for pasta containing treated bran samples were higher. The total dietary fiber increased by 5.2 times upon replacement of semolina by 40% of treated wheat bran. Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis studies showed faint bands in treated bran samples as well as treated bran-incorporated pasta samples.

Changes in durum wheat kernel and pasta proteins induced by toasting and drying processes

Durum wheat kernels were subjected to a toasting process and the proteins characterised by size exclusion-high performance liquid chromatography (SE-HPLC) and sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. With this physical process, albumins and globulins, as well as glutenins and gliadins, polymerised as seen by a shift of the SE-HPLC profile to lower elution times. The polymerisation seemed to happen mainly through disulphide bonds, even though the participation of ω-gliadins to the aggregation suggested the involvement of other kinds of interactions. It led to the revelation of a new peak originated by thermal aggregation of small polymeric proteins. The changes in the chromatographic profile were accompanied by increasing amounts of total unextractable polymeric proteins. The replacement of semolina with toasted durum wheat flour (5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 30%) for the production of pasta in the shape of spaghetti significantly (p < 0.001) affected the molecular size distribution of the polymeric proteins, even though the replacement of semolina with 5% and 10% of toasted durum wheat flour (TDWF) did not significantly (p > 0.05) change the unextractable polymeric proteins (UPP) when compared with spaghetti made with 100% durum semolina. On the other hand, the replacements of semolina with 15–30% TDWF showed significant (p < 0.001) increase in UPP when compared with 100% durum semolina spaghetti.