Publication: Physical Properties of Dry-Milled Maize Meals and Their Relationship with the Texture of Stiff and Thin Porridge
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2014-08-31
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African Journal of Food Science
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Selected physical properties of white maize meal, obtained by different dry-milling techniques
were evaluated and correlated to the texture of stiff and thin porridge. Sifted or par-cooked maize
meals had finer particles than hammer-milled maize meals. Hammer-milled maize meals had
lower water absorption indices (17-38%) and higher water solubility indices (WSI, 4-5%) than
sifted (41-42 and 2-3%, respectively) or par-cooked (114 and 2%, respectively) maize meals.
Sifted or par-cooked maize meals had lower breakdown viscosities (0-19 BU) and higher final
viscosities (818-1925 BU) than hammer-milled maize meals (89-173 BU and 530-780 BU,
respectively). Stiff porridge prepared from par-cooked maize meal (34% w/v), and thin porridge
from dehulled and hammer-milled maize meal (10% w/v) had the firmest textures at 80.93 and
1.28 N, respectively. There was a negative correlation (P < 0.05, r = -1.00) between the WSI and
total shearing force of stiff porridge prepared from par-cooked maize meal.
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Maize, porridge, texture, Pearson correlation coefficient