• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.1053-1059
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• 2017

Burdock powder (BP) has shown diverse functional activities; thus, it seems a good way to increase its consumption by incorporating BP into suitable food products such as cookies. Studies were carried out on cookies prepared by incorporating BP (2%, 4%, 6%, and 8%) into wheat flour. The cookie dough and cookies were evaluated for their physical, chemical, and sensory characteristics. The pH and density of cookie doughs ranged from 6.70-6.85 and 1.19-1.21, respectively, with no remarkable differences. Moisture content and spread factor of cookies appeared to increase with higher content of BP in the formulation but did not show significant differences (p>0.05). For color values of cookie surface, $L^*$, $a^*$, and $b^*$-values significantly decreased as a result of BP substitution (p<0.05). The cookies became crispier as indicated by the reduction in the breaking strength value from 26.71 to 17.83 N. 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2,2'-azino-bis-3-ethylbenzthiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) radical scavenging activities were significantly increased (p<0.05) with higher substitution of BP, and they were well correlated. Hedonic sensory results indicated that cookies supplemented with 2% BP received the most favorable acceptance scores for all sensory attributes evaluated. Overall, cookies with BP could be developed with improved physicochemical qualities as well as consumer acceptability.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 2006

Milk protein-gum conjugates were prepared by Maillard reaction and added to dough to investigate the possibile use of them as anti-staling agents in bread Four different types of conjugates were added to dough, i.e., $casein-\kappa-carrageenan$ (CK), casein-sodium alginate (CA), $whey-\kappa-carrgeenan$(WK) and whey-sodium alginate (WA). Their addition to flour increased the gelatinization temperature, water absorption and development time of the dough. Extensogram showed the increased resistance to extension of the doughs resulting from the addition of the conjugates. Moisture content of the breads decreased during storage at $5^{\circ}C$ for 4 days. The breads added with conjugates had lower extents of the decreases than non-treated degrees and maintained higher moisture content than non-treated bread after 3 freeze-thaw cycles. The storage degrees at $5^{\circ}C$ for 4 days affected the increased bread hardness, but, addition of WA conjugate decreased extents of the increases. Therefore, milk protein-gum conjugates, especially WA conjugate, contributed to retarding staling of breads

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.637-643
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• 2010

We investigated the characteristics of breads containing Schizandra chinensis Baillon (SCB) added as whole powder, as a powder prepared from juice, and as a concentrate prepared from a 95% (v/v) ethanolic fruit extract, added to wheat flour at 0.5% (w/w). Addition of any form of SCB lowered the pH and increased the titratable acidity in both doughs and breads compared with control values, and the whole and juice powders were more effective in this respect than was the concentrated ethanolic extract. Dough volume during fermentation was increased by addition of whole powder and concentrated ethanolic extract, but no baking loss was evident upon addition of any form of SCB. Regarding the bread surface, the lightness (L) value was increased by addition of juice powder and concentrated ethanolic extract, but neither the redness(a) and nor the yellowness (b) values showed such increases. Internal color measurements showed increased '-a-' value upon addition of any form of SCB, and increased '-b-' value when concentrated ethanolic extract was used, however, there were no significant changes in L value. Sensory evaluation of taste, flavor, color, and overall acceptability showed that bread prepared using whole powder was more acceptable than were the other forms.