Food Technology
Ghazal Shekari; Elnaz Milani; Elham Azarpazhooh
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IntroductionCeliac disease is one of the most common digestive disorder. Chicken nugget is one of the most popular instant and ready-to-eat foods, and wheat flour is one of its main coating ingredients, which contains approximately 60% gluten. Quinoa is a gluten-free grain, as a good source of dietary ...
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IntroductionCeliac disease is one of the most common digestive disorder. Chicken nugget is one of the most popular instant and ready-to-eat foods, and wheat flour is one of its main coating ingredients, which contains approximately 60% gluten. Quinoa is a gluten-free grain, as a good source of dietary fiber, has various applications in the meat products processing system as a stabilizer, fat substitute, structural components, etc. The addition of hydrocolloids also helps to improve the rheological properties of gluten-free products. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the effect of quinoa-corn mixed flour in the preparation of nugget batter as a gluten-free combination as an alternative to wheat flour, and also to investigate the effect of adding HPMC hydrocolloid on the final product characteristics. In this research, a rotatable central composite design was used to investigate the effect of two independent variables including different proportions of quinoa-corn flour (0-100, 50-50, 100-0%) and different levels of hydrocolloid (0.5-1-1.5%) on the quality characteristics of nugget. With the increase of quinoa replacement level, moisture content (0.60), batter pick up (138) and redness level 5.5 (a*) increased, and oil content (11), hardness (7.5), brightness level 41(L*), yellowness level 20(b*) decreased. The increase of HPMC also caused an increase in moisture content (0.59), brightness level (L*) of 0.39, batter pick up (137) and decrease in oil content (10) and hardness (7). Optimum conditions for the production of gluten-free nugget were determined by considering the optimal amounts for the production of high quality and healthy products, contained 90% quinoa and HPMC at a level of about 1%. Materials and Methods Corn flour was purchased from the pilot of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. The de-saponified quinoa was prepared from Kashmir and then ground. In order to make the grains more uniform, both flours were sieved using a 30 mesh. Hydrocolloid hydroxypropyl methylcellulose was also prepared from Kian Shimi Mashhad. Oyla frying oil was used for frying the samples.The chicken nugget formulation was a mixture of 86% minced chicken, 10% onion, 1.5% garlic powder, 1% salt and 1.5% pepper. After complete mixing, these materials were poured into a freezer bag until a homogeneous and uniform mixture was obtained, and they were flatted until they reached the desired thickness (1 cm). Plastics containing chicken paste were stored in the freezer for 2 hours to facilitate cutting. Then molding was done with a circular mold with a diameter of 4 cm (Dehghan Nasiri et al., 2012).The batter formulation consisted of flour, water, baking powder, salt and hydrocolloids. In order to investigate the effect of quinoa and corn flours, and hydrocolloids, these substances were added to nugget water paste in different percentages (quinoa-corn ratio: 0-100, 50-50, 0-100 and hydrocolloids at the level of 1-1 / 5 -0.5%) and then mixed with water by mixer for 1 minute. The molded samples were first coated with flour and then immersed in the batter for 60 seconds and dripped for 30 seconds. Finally, deep frying was performed in the fryer at 170 ° C for 3.5 minutes. The fried samples were taken out of the fryer basket and the excess oil on the surface of the nuggets was removed with absorbent paper. The oil was changed after twice frying. After cooling the samples at room temperature, the tests such as moisture content, oil content, texture (hardness), color, batter pick up, peroxide and overall acceptance were performed.In this study, Design Expert 10.0.7 software and a rotatable central composite design to investigate the effect of two independent variables including different ratios of quinoa-corn flour (0-100, 50-50, 0-100%) and hydrocolloid (0.5-1-1.5%), Was used on the quality characteristics of the nugget. Finally, different models were fitted to the data obtained from the experiments and the best model was selected according to the results of analysis of variance. Results and DiscussionWith increasing quinoa replacement level, moisture content, redness (a*) and pH increased and oil content, batter pick up, texture (hardness), brightness (L*), yellowness (b*) and cooking loss decreased. Increasing the HPMC also increased the moisture content, brightness (L*), cooking loss, batter pick up, and decreased oil content and hardness. Optimum condition for production of gluten-free chicken nuggets, considering the appropriate properties was found to be 90% quinoa flour and 1% HPMC. Conclusion In general, it can be concluded that the addition of quinoa and HPMC leads to the production of high quality products with high moisture and low oil content and high nutritional value.
Sara Forouzandeh; Mohammad Fazel
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[1]Introduction: Nowadays, various methods have been developed to transfer and improve the absorption of lipophilic compounds in food in the form of coating. Colloidal emulsion-based systems are widely used in commercial systems. Chia seed oil is an oil rich in unsaturated fatty acids, especially omega ...
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[1]Introduction: Nowadays, various methods have been developed to transfer and improve the absorption of lipophilic compounds in food in the form of coating. Colloidal emulsion-based systems are widely used in commercial systems. Chia seed oil is an oil rich in unsaturated fatty acids, especially omega 3 and omega 6, which can be used as the oily phase of nanoemulsions. The aim of this study was to investigate the fatty acid composition of chia seed oil and the effect of oil to water ratio and emulsifier on the properties of nanoemulsions of this oil. Materials and Methods: Clean chia seeds were purchased as a pack from Zistfa Company and all other chemicals were purchased from Marack, Pars Shimi and Dr. Majelli companies. By using the oil set machine, the seeds were treated by cold pressing method and oil extraction efficiency was calculated .Gas chromatography (GC) was used to identify and measure the fatty acid composition of chia seed oil. In this study, nanoemulsions were produced in three levels of oil to water (20%, 35% and 50%) and in three levels of oil emulsifier (5%, 10% and 15%).To produce nanoemulsions, the aforementioned ratios were first calculated and determined .Then, Weigh the tweens 20 and 80 with chia seed oil and water and mix the emulsifiers with the chia seed oil on the stirrer. Then a mixture of 20 and 80 tweens and oil was added dropwise to the weighed distilled water. The mixture was stirred gently by a magnet. After this step, the mixture is placed in the refrigerator to reduce its temperature. After this time, it was placed in an ice bucket and placed in an ultrasonic homogenizer for 9 minutes at a power of 300 watts to form nanoemulsions. Then, the properties of nanoemulsions including particle size and distribution, coating efficiency and antioxidant properties were evaluated. Vasco model DLS (Dynamic light scattering) was used for the particle size. The particle size of nanoemulsions was determined by this device using dynamic light diffraction method. DPPH method was used to measure the antioxidant activity of oils and nanoemulsions and the antioxidant activity was calculated by using the formula. To evaluate the efficiency of coating of nanoemulsions, the amount of surface oil and total oil was measured and the efficiency was calculated by using the formula. The release rate of nanoemulsions was evaluated for 7 weeks. The tests were performed in three replications. Experimental data were analyzed in a completely randomized design with factorial test and Duncan test was used to compare the mean data. Software (Excel, 2010) was used to draw the graphs Results and Discussion: According to the results obtained in this study, it can be said that chia seed oil contains a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acids and has a very high level of antioxidant properties (88.43%), which has antioxidant properties in the structure of nanoemulsions. Oil is better preserved in water. Other results showed that with increasing oil content of nanoemulsions, particle size, antioxidant properties and release increased and the coating efficiency decreased. Also, by increasing the ratio of emulsifier to oil in nanoemulsions, the coating efficiency and antioxidant properties increase and the particle size and release decreases. In the results obtained from these tests, the minimum particle size was 14.08 nm and the highest coating efficiency was 96.40%. The antioxidant activity of the samples was evaluated in the range of 5.61% to 21.43%. Also, the average release of samples at the end of 7 weeks of the study reached nearly 18%. During storage, the treatments were quite stable for five months, which could be due to the low particle size and low release of samples. Considering the mentioned advantages, using nanoemulsions of this oil is a suitable option for enriching beverages.
Fatemeh Saadat; Seyed Hadi Razavi; Houshang Alizadeh
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Introduction: Oil plants store energy in the form of neutral lipids in the organelles called oil bodies. These organelles save triacylglycerol until seed germination. In recent years, the oil bodies have been considered as an oil/water emulsion in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries. These ...
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Introduction: Oil plants store energy in the form of neutral lipids in the organelles called oil bodies. These organelles save triacylglycerol until seed germination. In recent years, the oil bodies have been considered as an oil/water emulsion in the pharmaceutical, food, and cosmetic industries. These organelles are also effective tool for purifying, stabilizing and delivery of biotechnology products. Aqueous extraction processing (AEP) is the most common method for oil body extraction. Despite all advantages compared to organic solvent extraction, the yield of AEP still needs to be optimized. Therefore, this study surveys the efficacy of two solvents, phosphate buffer and distilled water in the oil bodies' extraction from rapeseed. Materials and methods: Brassica napus L. seeds were obtained from seed and plant improvement institute, Iran. To compare the efficacy of solvents, 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.5) and distilled water were used for extraction. The ground rapeseed was suspended in the buffers in a ratio of 1:10 (w/v) and stirred for 12 hours at room temperature. This step was repeated three times. Then, the extract was centrifuged at 10,000 g for 15 minutes at 4 ° C. The floating layer was carefully removed and dissolved again in the initial solvent and the pH was adjusted to 8.5 to precipitate the deflated proteins. Finally, the cream layer was retrieved using centrifuges and one-tenth of the initial buffer volume was applied to the 9 M urea buffer (pH 7.5) for 10 minutes to separate non-specific proteins from oil bodies. The purified oil-bodies were monitored under light microscopy. Results and discussion: According to the microscopic and macroscopic results, the stability of oil particles and efficiency of extraction would be higher by phosphate buffer due to maintaining a constant alkaline pH during the extraction. Moreover, the presence of different salts in the phosphate buffer increases the purification yield up to twice times as a result of providing osmotic pressure and increasing solubility of membrane proteins. These results emphasize the importance of membrane proteins on the formation and stabilization of oil bodies.
Sahar Pakbaten; Mahdi Karimi; Amir Hossein Elhami Rad; Zahra Sheikholeslami
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The effect of sonication time (in three levels 0,2,4 min ) and mono- di glyceride (in three levels 0,0.3,0.6 %) on improving the quality of cupcake were studied. Color analyze (L*, a*,b*) for dough samples and specific volume, porosity shelf life, color analyze and texture of cake were done. Results ...
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The effect of sonication time (in three levels 0,2,4 min ) and mono- di glyceride (in three levels 0,0.3,0.6 %) on improving the quality of cupcake were studied. Color analyze (L*, a*,b*) for dough samples and specific volume, porosity shelf life, color analyze and texture of cake were done. Results showed that increasing the levels of each factors (sonication and emulsifier) made a decrease in a*, b* of dough, crust and crumb of cake and increased in porosity, volume and L* of dough, crust and crumb color of cake. While these two factors used together changes were more obviously. In sample contain 0.6 % emulsifier that sonicated for 4 minute the highest decrease in a*, b* and increase in porosity, volume, shelf life and L* were observed.
Maryam Azarifar; Mohammad Hossein Hadad Khodaparast; Amir Hossein Elhami Rad; Mohammad Armin
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In this research, tested factors were margarine types (contractive effects between types of oils in base of margarine such as palm super olein – partially hydrogenated canola oil – 50:50 mixture of palm super olein and partially hydrogenated canola oil and liquid canola) and different moisture ...
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In this research, tested factors were margarine types (contractive effects between types of oils in base of margarine such as palm super olein – partially hydrogenated canola oil – 50:50 mixture of palm super olein and partially hydrogenated canola oil and liquid canola) and different moisture (16-8-4%) as the first factor and heating time is the second factor. Every margarines spend 3 times heating and after every heating time, sample was separated to measure of acidite, color , polar compound . Results indicated that margarines based on palm super olein show better heat stability and liquid canola with high moisture have significant different .in acidite and polar compound percent with another margarines during heating steps. Also time of heating have significant effect in changeable factors.
Hoda Khalesi; Mohammad Alizadeh khaled abad; Mahmoud Rezazadehbari
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Zedo gum is a polysaccharide that exudates from Amygdalus scoparia Spach tree. In this study the apparent viscosity under the influence of the gum concentration (0.5%, 0.75%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% w/v), temperature (20, 45, and 70 ˚C), pH (2, 5 and 8) and salt concentration (0-0.5 M) has been investigated. ...
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Zedo gum is a polysaccharide that exudates from Amygdalus scoparia Spach tree. In this study the apparent viscosity under the influence of the gum concentration (0.5%, 0.75%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4% and 5% w/v), temperature (20, 45, and 70 ˚C), pH (2, 5 and 8) and salt concentration (0-0.5 M) has been investigated. Zedo gum is composed of soluble and insoluble components that respectively have the properties of solubility and swelling in water. The apparent viscosity changed due to temperature and pH. The highest viscosity was obtained at pH of 7.2 and 24 ˚C. Viscosity was changed by addition of certain strong electrolytes. The emulsion capacity and stability of oil in water emulsion increased by increasing gum concentration. Thermal behavior of Zedo gum with different moisture content was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Thermal profiles showed an endothermic event. Considering the results obtained, Zedo gum is a potential natural and domestic additive for industry as a thickening agent, emulsifier and stabilizer.
