Food Chemistry
Farideh Mojrian; Marzieh Moeenfard; Reza Farhoosh; Hadi Mahdavian Mehr
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Introduction: Date seeds (also known as pits and kernel) are among the most important wastes which are generated during direct consumption or from the date processing industries. Despite the presence of several nutrients and bioactive compounds and their subsequent beneficial health effects, these by-products ...
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Introduction: Date seeds (also known as pits and kernel) are among the most important wastes which are generated during direct consumption or from the date processing industries. Despite the presence of several nutrients and bioactive compounds and their subsequent beneficial health effects, these by-products are frequently discarded to use as soil fertilizer or as feed for livestock. Roasting opens a cost-effective way to include date seed in the human diet. The aqueous extract of roasted date seed represented a coffee-like beverage. Date seed coffee has a relatively low acceptance among consumers and is usually supplemented with a variety of additives to improve the taste. Therefore, due to rising the global coffee price, in the present studywe aimed to substitute Arabica beans with roasted date seeds in order to make a coffee beverage similar to Coffea Arabica boiled coffee brew. Results and Discussion: Substitution with roasted date seed resulted in lower lipids, protein and caffeine of coffee brews as the values were decreased from 330.67, 956.75, 76.51 mg/100 mL in Coffea Arabica (100%) to 192.61, 149.00, 45.59 mg/100 in date seed coffee (100%), respectively. Higher amounts of date seed also resulted in lower pH and acrylamide content. Accordingly, pH was decreased from 5.7 in D100 to 4.4 in A100. Acrylamide content was attenuated from 5.06 µg/100 mL in A100 to 1.71 µg/100 mL in D100. Reduction in viscosity was also observed from 0.93 (A100) to 0.86 mPa.s (D100). The mean value of the color parameter including L*, a* and b* in the 100% Coffea Arabica brew was more than the 100% date seed coffee, which indicated that the coffees brewed from date seeds in different proportions were brighter and had higher red and yellow color parameters. Substitution with date seed had less effect on the total phenol content as TPC of coffees ranged from 28 to 42 mg/100 mL for 100% date seeds brew and Coffea Arabica brew, respectively. On the other hand, the flavonoid content (TFC) of coffees was significantly affected by the amount of date seeds (5 to75 mg/100 mL for 100% date seeds and Coffea Arabica brew, respectively). All brews have high antioxidant activity. For DPPH the highest results (88/9 %) were obtained in the coffee brewed from 100% date seeds, while the FRAP value it was vice versa. The results of sensory evaluation indicated a high similarity among A100 and D10 coffees as parameters such as aroma, color and texture (concentration) of coffee were evaluated appropriate. The results also showed that substituting Coffea Arabica up to 35% with roasted date seeds can improve the overall acceptance of the coffee brews by reducing bitterness.Conclusion: In general, the ability to replace Coffea Arabica with date seeds up to 10 and 35% was reported acceptable in terms of sensory characteristics, as the color and aroma were similar to 100% Coffea Arabica. Besides that due to reduced bitterness, the overall acceptance were almost high.
Younes Zahedi; Hadi Mahdavian Mehr; Seyed Mohammad Ali Razavi
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Identification of a new source of hydrocolloids is of interest due to their important effects on the textural attributes of food products. The objective of this study was to investigate the extraction conditions of Plantago major L. seed mucilage using a central composite rotatable design of response ...
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Identification of a new source of hydrocolloids is of interest due to their important effects on the textural attributes of food products. The objective of this study was to investigate the extraction conditions of Plantago major L. seed mucilage using a central composite rotatable design of response surface methodology. Temperature (25–85°C), pH (3–9) and water to seed ratio (50:1-50:4) were the factors investigated. Results showed that temperature was major factor in the extraction yield, whereas water to seed ratio and pH had minor effects on the yield. The maximum and minimum yields were 18.95% (conditions: temperature= 85 °C, water to seed ratio = 31.3 and pH= 6) and 6.35% (conditions: temperature = 25 °C, water to seed ratio= 31.3 and pH= 6), respectively. The optimal conditions were obtained at the temperature of 60 °C, water to seed ratio of 48.9 and pH of 3 in which predicted value for the extraction yield was 11.84%. The rheological properties of the mucilage, extracted at the optimal conditions, were investigated as a function of concentration at three levels of 3, 4 and 5% w/v, and shear rate ranged from 14 to 300s-1. Mucilage dispersions showed non-Newtonian shear-thinning behavior at all studied concentrations. The Power law model well described the rheological behavior of the mucilage solutions with high determination coefficients (R2>0.99). The flow behavior index (n) varied in the range of 0.30 to 0.36. The consistency coefficient (k) was in the range 6.13-17.81 Pa.sn. Overall, Plantago major L. seed mucilage could be attended as a new beneficial source for use as a food thickening agent.
Hadi Mahdavian Mehr; Mostafa Mazaheri Tehrani
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This research aims to assess the physicochemical properties, image features, textural and sensory qualities of dark chocolate made using coffee silver skin as a cocoa powder replacement which was substituted for 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the cocoa powder (by weight) in chocolates. The results indicated ...
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This research aims to assess the physicochemical properties, image features, textural and sensory qualities of dark chocolate made using coffee silver skin as a cocoa powder replacement which was substituted for 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the cocoa powder (by weight) in chocolates. The results indicated that there was significant differences between the chocolates prepared using 100% coffee skin and the control, for moisture content (p
Seyed Mohammad Ali Razavi; Younes Zahedi; Hadi Mahdavian Mehr
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Due to medical and dietary properties of the Plantago Major L. seed, it is necessary to know engineering properties in order to design post harvest equipments. Engineering properties of Plantago Major L. seed was determined only at the moisture content of 7.98% dry basis, because of it produces mucilaginous ...
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Due to medical and dietary properties of the Plantago Major L. seed, it is necessary to know engineering properties in order to design post harvest equipments. Engineering properties of Plantago Major L. seed was determined only at the moisture content of 7.98% dry basis, because of it produces mucilaginous components when it is soaked in water. The average of length, width, surface area, sphericity, perimeter, roundness and aspect ratio were determined 778.9 m, 514.8m, 29.6344 × 104 m2, 0.996, 1874.8 m, 0.620 and 1.53 respectively by means of image processing technique. The average thousands seeds mass, bulk density, true density and porosity were 147 mg, 701.8 kg/m3, 1283 kg/m3 and 45.3% respectively. Coefficient of friction was measured on the 5 surfaces of plywood, rubber, glass, fiberglass and galvanized sheet and the average value were 0.51, 0.46, 0.36, 0.35 and 0.33 respectively. Angle of emptying repose and angle of filling repose were 36.1˚ and 18.1˚ respectively and terminal velocity was determined 1.86 m/s.
Keywords: Plantago Major L. seed, Dimensions, Density, Angle of repose, Coefficient of friction
