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. 2012 Jul 10;51(10):2699–2705. doi: 10.1007/s13197-012-0770-4

Table 2.

Bread making characteristics of straight run flour and bran duster flours

Bread Mill A Mill B
SRF BDR1 BDR2 BDR3 SRF BDR1 BDR2 BDR3
Volume (ml) 514.8c ± 2.55 480.2b ± 3.05 524.9d ± 2.01 460.4a ± 3.25 499.8c ± 2.00 465.4b ± 1.50 510.1d ± 3.05 439.7 a ± 3.00
Crumb firmness (Force, g) 405.2b ± 3.00 444.8c ± 2.55 380.4a ± 2.00 480.1d ± 2.25 414.7b ± 4.05 464.8c ± 4.00 390.3a ± 2.50 500.2d ± 2.55
Crust** Color (10) 7.8ab ± 0.05 6.8a ± 0.01 8.1ab ± 0.02 7.2a ± 0.01 7.8ab ± 0.03 7.1a ± 0.04 8.2ab ± 0.01 7.2 a ± 0.02
Shape (15) 12.7c ± 0.10 11.2b ± 0.11 14.3d ± 0.15 9.7 a ± 0.08 12.1c ± 0.05 10.0b ± 0.15 12.2c ± 0.05 8.9a ± 0.10
Symmetry (15) 13.1b ± 0.05 11.8a ± 0.10 13.2b ± 0.11 11.2a ± 0.06 12.2 b ± 0.08 11.2a ± 0.07 11.8b ± 0.04 10.7 a ± 0.05
Crumb Color (10) 8.9 d ± 0.01 7.1c ± 0.02 5.2a ± 0.01 6.1b ± 0.03 8.8c ±0.02 6.2b ± 0.03 5.1a ± 0.02 4.9a ± 0.02
Grain (20) 17.8d ± 0.15 14.8b ± 0.05 16.3c ± 0.12 13.2a ± 0.05 17.7d ± 0.08 13.7 b ± 0.09 16.8c ± 0.10 12.3a ± 0.12
Mouthfeel (20) 18.0b ± 0.15 15.8a ± 0.25 16.9a ± 0.28 15.8a ± 0.30 17.7 b ± 0.25 17.2a ± 0.10 17.1a ± 0.15 17.2a ± 0.19
Taste (10) 8.0b ± 0.05 7.2a ±0.02 7.8 a ± 0.04 7.2a ± 0.03 9.1b ± 0.02 8.0a ± 0.03 7.8a ± 0.02 7.8a ± 0.02
Overall quality (100) 86.3 d 74.7 b 81.8 c 70.4a 85.4 d 73.4 b 79.0 c 69.0 a

SRF straight run flour, BDR1 bran duster 1, BDR2 bran duster 2 and BDR3 bran duster 3

* Values in the row (within the mill) with the same letter in superscript are not significantly different from each other at p ≤ 0.05

** The figures in the parenthesis indicate maximum score for crust and crumb parameter

Data are mean of four replicate±standard deviation