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

Table 2.

Bread–dough optimization and quality parameters for wheat flour (W) and blend of wheat flour with 7.5% baby (BE) and Large (LE) eggplant flours

W BE LE
Farinographic parameters
Wabs (%) 57.7 ± 0.3c 62.6 ± 0.1a 61.5 ± 0.4b
td (min) 9.0 ± 0.0b 13.7 ± 0.1a 14.5 ± 0.8a
Stability (min) 36.3 ± 0.7a 13.4 ± 0.2b 12.8 ± 0.4b
Degree of softening (FU) 18.5 ± 6.4b 52.5 ± 3.5a 65.0 ± 7.1a
Fermentation parameters
Vmax (mL) 97.6 ± 1.6a 34.4 ± 0.6c 59.5 ± 2.1b
tf (min) 52.0 ± 0.5a 50.7 ± 7.5a 58.6 ± 0.9a
Quality parameters
Vsp (cm3/g) 2.66 ± 0.21a 1.80 ± 0.16b 1.82 ± 0.02b
Hardness (N) 1.77 ± 0.16c 11.11 ± 1.06a 9.30 ± 0.99b
Elasticity 0.96 ± 0.01a 0.77 ± 0.03b 0.79 ± 0.07b
Cohesiveness (–) 0.66 ± 0.01a 0.53 ± 0.02b 0.52 ± 0.02b
Chewiness (N) 1.12 ± 0.11c 4.41 ± 0.58a 3.88 ± 0.43b
L* bread crust 67.44 ± 2.01a 46.09 ± 0.64c 52.82 ± 0.82b
L* bread crumb 67.93 ± 1.20a 42.39 ± 0.92c 46.83 ± 0.64b
Area of alveolus (%) 36.20 ± 3.98a 25.56 ± 1.61b 25.15 ± 1.68b

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