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. 2019 Aug 23;57(1):182–190. doi: 10.1007/s13197-019-04046-4

Table 1.

Bread–dough optimization and quality parameters for wheat flour (W) and blend of wheat flour with 5% (E-5%), 7.5% (E-7.5%) and 10% (E-10%) eggplant flour

W E-5% E-7.5% E-10%
Farinographic parameters
Wabs (%) 57.7 ± 0.3c 61.0 ± 0.0b 61.7 ± 0.1a 61.7 ± 0.1a
td (min) 9.0 ± 0.0c 10.4 ± 0.2b 14.5 ± 0.7a 5.5 ± 0.0d
Stability (min) 36.3 ± 0.7a 8.8 ± 0.3b 13.3 ± 0.4b 11.9 ± 4.5b
Degree of softening (FU) 18.5 ± 6.4c 105.0 ± 0.0a 59.0 ± 8.5b 47.0 ± 8.5b
Fermentation parameters
Vmax (mL) 97.6 ± 1.6a 81.8 ± 0.0b 59.5 ± 2.1c 47.5 ± 2.0d
tf (min) 52.0 ± 0.5b 113. 7 ± 9.4a 58.6 ± 0.9b 63.7 ± 1.4b
Quality parameters
Vsp (cm3/g) 3.59 ± 0.19a 2.40 ± 0.03b 2.18 ± 0.21c 1.59 ± 0.11d
Hardness (N) 0.96 ± 0.07d 4.26 ± 0.43c 6.87 ± 0.61b 8.12 ± 0.53a
Elasticity 0.97 ± 0.01a 0.87 ± 0.02b 0.77 ± 0.03bc 0.75 ± 0.03c
Cohesiveness 0.69 ± 0.01a 0.61 ± 0.01b 0.53 ± 0.02c 0.52 ± 0.01c
Chewiness (N) 0.65 ± 0.04d 2.24 ± 0.21c 2.81 ± 0.26b 3.15 ± 0.25a
L* bread crust 65.65 ± 3.16a 63.09 ± 1.70b 61.45 ± 2.15c 57.85 ± 1.48d
L* bread crumb 68.10 ± 1.30a 55.82 ± 1.50b 56.36 ± 1.06b 53.54 ± 0.92c
Area of alveolus (%) 34.15 ± 2.63a 32.26 ± 1.85b 25.99 ± 3.91c 25.61 ± 1.20c

Wabs, water absorption; td, development time; Vmax, maximum volume; tf, fermentation time; Vsp, specific volume

Different letters in the same row indicate significant differences at p < 0.05