Dry Heating of Cowpea Flour below Biopolymer Melting Temperatures Improves the Physical Properties of Bread Made from Climate-Resilient Crops
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.2. Methods
2.2.1. Cowpea Protein Isolation
2.2.2. SDS-PAGE of CPF and CPPC
2.2.3. Melting Transitions of Native Cowpea Flour and Cowpea Protein Isolate at Different Levels of Hydration
2.2.4. Moisture Sorption Behavior of Cowpea Protein Isolate and Cowpea Flour
2.2.5. Dry-Heating Treatments of Cowpea Flour
2.2.6. Thermal Analysis of Dry-Heated Cowpea Flours
2.2.7. Water Binding Capacity and Soluble Solids of Native and Dry-Heated CPF
2.2.8. Rapid Visco Analyzer (RVA) of Native and Treated Flours
2.2.9. Bread-Making Procedure
2.2.10. Bread Quality Evaluation
2.2.11. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Protein Profile of CPF and CPPC
3.2. Characterization of the Thermal and Sorption Properties of CPF and CPPC
3.3. Characterization of Thermal Properties of Dry-Heated CPF
3.4. WBC and Solubility of Native and Dry-Heated CPF
3.5. Pasting Properties of Native and Dry-Heated CPF
3.6. Selection of Dry-Heated CPF for Testing in a Tin-Bread Application
3.7. Properties of Bread with Selected Dry-Heated CPF
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Solubility (%) | WBC (g/g) |
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Native | 29.1 e ± 0.4 | 4.1 e ± 0.1 |
80C-2h | 27.0 d ± 0.0 | 4.1 e ± 0.1 |
80C-4h | 26.2 d ± 0.4 | 3.8 de ± 0.2 |
80C-24h | 21.9 b ± 0.1 | 3.8 de ± 0.0 |
80C-48h | 21.2 b ± 0.3 | 3.6 d ± 0.0 |
100C-2h | 21.6 b ± 0.3 | 3.1 bc ± 0.1 |
100C-4h | 24.6 c ± 0.3 | 2.8 ab ± 0.3 |
100C-24h | 22.0 b ± 0.1 | 3.6 cd ± 0.2 |
100C-48h | 16.8 a ± 0.0 | 2.6 a ± 0.1 |
120C-2h | 16.4 a ± 0.6 | 3.0 ab ± 0.1 |
120C-4h | 16.6 a ± 0.0 | 2.9 ab ± 0.1 |
120C-24h | 16.4 a ± 0.1 | 2.7 a ± 0.0 |
120C-48h | 17.0 a ± 1.0 | 2.6 a ± 0.0 |
Samples | PV (cP) | HV (cP) | FV (cP) | SB (cP) | Tpaste (°C) | Peak T. (°C) | BD (cP) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Native | 1881.0 f ± 76.2 | 1272.3 f ± 42.5 | 1953.0 f ± 67.1 | 680.7 gh ± 24.8 | 77.7 b ± 0.2 | 91.8 ± 0.5 a | 608.7 ± 44.5 c |
80C-2h | 1809.0 f ± 97.1 | 1300.0 fg ± 44.8 | 1983.7 f ± 49.0 | 683.7 h ± 5.5 | 77.5 b ± 0.0 | 93.7 ± 0.6 b | 509.0 ± 52.4 c |
80C-4h | 1888.0 f ± 84.3 | 1335.0 fgh ± 12.3 | 1990.3 f ± 5.5 | 655.3 fg ± 6.8 | 77.4 b ± 0.0 | 94.7 ± 0.2 c | 553.0 ± 96.5 c |
80C-24h | 2180.7 g ± 67.7 | 1351.3 gh ± 3.8 | 1974.7 f ± 5.8 | 623.3 e ± 2.1 | 76.5 a ± 0.2 | 94.6 ± 0.1 c | 829.3 ± 68.0 d |
80C-48h | 2289.3 g ± 26.6 | 1399.0 hi ± 16.1 | 2040.0 f ± 8.7 | 641.0 ef ± 10.4 | 76.7 a ± 0.1 | 94.72 ± 0.1 c | 890.3 ± 14.6 d |
100C-2h | 1647.0 e ± 84.5 | 1450.0 i ± 52.1 | 2337.7 g ± 61.8 | 887.7 i ± 10.1 | 77.5 b ± 0.0 | 92.4 ± 0.3 a | 197.0 ± 33.4 b |
100C-4h | 1369.0 d ± 6.1 | 1144.0 e ± 14.7 | 1764.3 e ± 21.1 | 620.3 e ± 6.5 | 78.6 c ± 0.0 | 91.8 ± 0.5 a | 225.0 ± 9.0 b |
100C-24h | 139.0 ab ± 10.0 | 131.0 b ± 10.0 | 229.0 b ± 15.5 | 98.0 b ± 5.6 | - | 95.1 ± 0.0 c | 8.0 ± 0.0 a |
100C-48h | 67.0 ab ± 1.7 | 62.3 ab ± 1.2 | 91.7 a ± 0.6 | 29.3 a ± 0.6 | - | 95.0 ± 0.0 c | 4.7 ± 0.6 a |
120C-2h | 504.7 c ± 19.1 | 493.3 d ± 16.3 | 806.0 d ± 26.6 | 312.7 d ± 10.5 | 84.0 d ± 0.8 | 95.0 ± 0.0 c | 15.3 ± 6.5 a |
120C-4h | 218.0 b ± 7.0 | 204.0 c ± 4.6 | 370.3 c ± 10.7 | 166.3 c ± 6.7 | - | 95.0 ± 0.0 c | 16.7 ± 6.0 a |
120C-24h | 73.3 ab ± 5.0 | 70.0 ab ± 5.6 | 101.0 a ± 7.5 | 31.0 a ± 2.0 | - | 95.0 ± 0.0 c | 4.3 ± 2.1 a |
120C-48h | 36.7 a ± 2.5 | 34.0 a ± 2.6 | 50.0 a ± 3.0 | 16.0 a ± 1.0 | - | 95.0 ± 0.0 c | 3.0 ± 1.0 a |
Native | 80C-24h | 80C-48 | 100C-2h | 100C-4h | 120C-2h | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SV (mL/g) | 1.66 b ± 0.06 | 1.51 a ± 0.07 | 1.62 ab ± 0.04 | 1.56 ab ± 0.10 | 1.57 ab ± 0.08 | 1.56 ab ± 0.03 |
Crumb properties | ||||||
Moisture content (%) | 49.2 a ± 0.6 | 49.7 a ± 0.4 | 49.1 a ± 0.7 | 49.9 a ± 0.6 | 49.2 a ± 0.7 | 49.6 a ± 0.6 |
Hardness (N) | 17.1 d ± 1.8 | 15.8 cd ± 1.7 | 14.3 bc ± 1.3 | 11.6 a ± 1.3 | 12.4 ab ± 1.4 | 12.1 a ± 2.1 |
Cohesiveness | 0.63 ab ± 0.02 | 0.63 ab ± 0.02 | 0.60 a ± 0.05 | 0.68 c ± 0.05 | 0.66 bc ± 0.02 | 0.65 bc ± 0.02 |
Springiness | 0.90 ab ± 0.01 | 0.90 ab ± 0.01 | 0.88 a ± 0.03 | 0.91 bc ± 0.01 | 0.91 bc ± 0.01 | 0.92 c ± 0.03 |
Resilience | 0.31 ab ± 0.01 | 0.31 ab ± 0.02 | 0.29 a ± 0.04 | 0.35 c ± 0.03 | 0.33 bc± 0.01 | 0.31 bc ± 0.01 |
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Renzetti, S.; Heetesonne, I.; Ngadze, R.T.; Linnemann, A.R. Dry Heating of Cowpea Flour below Biopolymer Melting Temperatures Improves the Physical Properties of Bread Made from Climate-Resilient Crops. Foods 2022, 11, 1554. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11111554
Renzetti S, Heetesonne I, Ngadze RT, Linnemann AR. Dry Heating of Cowpea Flour below Biopolymer Melting Temperatures Improves the Physical Properties of Bread Made from Climate-Resilient Crops. Foods. 2022; 11(11):1554. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11111554
Chicago/Turabian StyleRenzetti, Stefano, Ine Heetesonne, Ruth T. Ngadze, and Anita R. Linnemann. 2022. "Dry Heating of Cowpea Flour below Biopolymer Melting Temperatures Improves the Physical Properties of Bread Made from Climate-Resilient Crops" Foods 11, no. 11: 1554. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods11111554