Browsing by Author "Meinolf G. Lindhauer"

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    Modification Of Gluten-Free Sorghum Batter and Bread Using Maize, Potato, Cassava or Rice Starch
    (LWT - Food Science and Technology, 2011-04) Calvin Onyango; Christopher Mutungi; Günter Unbehend; Meinolf G. Lindhauer
    Gluten-free sorghum bread was made from cassava, maize, potato or rice starch and sorghum in the ratios 10:90, 20:80, 30:70, 40:60 and 50:50. The other baking ingredients, on flour-weight-basis, were water (100%), sugar (6.7%), egg white powder (6%), fat (2%), salt (1.7%) and yeast (1.5%). Increasing starch content changed the batters’ consistencies from soft doughs to thin pourable batters. Increasing starch content decreased crumb firmness and chewiness, and increased cohesiveness, springiness and resilience of all breads. Cassava-sorghum and rice-sorghum breads had better crumb properties than maize-sorghum or potato-sorghum breads. Although the crumb properties of all breads declined (i.e. firmness and chewiness increased; cohesiveness, resilience and springiness decreased) on storage, the formulation containing 50% cassava starch retained the best overall texture.
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    Rheological Properties of Wheat-Maize Dough and Their Relationship with the Quality of Bread Treated with Ascorbic Acid and Malzperle Classicâ® Bread Improver
    (African Journal of Food Science, 2015-02-28) Calvin Onyango; Ljiljana Unbehend; Guenter Unbehend; Meinolf G. Lindhauer
    The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of ascorbic acid and a commercial bread improver on the physical quality of wheat-maize bread, and establish correlations between the physical properties of the bread and rheological properties of the dough. Wheat flour was substituted with 10, 20 or 30% maize flour and the farinograph and extensograph properties of the dough were evaluated. Farinograph water absorption, dough development time, dough stability and farinograph quality number decreased whereas the degree of softening increased with increasing substitution of wheat flour with maize flour. Extensograph dough energy, resistance to extension, extensibility and maximum resistance decreased with increasing substitution of wheat flour with maize flour. Ascorbic acid and commercial bread improver improved bread specific volume and form ratio; decreased crumb firmness, resilience and chewiness; and increased crumb springiness and cohesiveness. Farinograph water absorption and degree of softening; and extensograph energy, extensibility, maximum resistance and ratio number showed the highest number of significant correlations (P ≤ 0.01 or P ≤ 0.05) with the physical properties of wheat-maize bread.