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. 2019 Dec 10;8(12):663. doi: 10.3390/foods8120663

Table 3.

Physical features of wheat bread depending on flour type, dough development method and dough fermentation time.

Levels of Factor Loaf Volume (cm3) Crust Color Crumb Color
L* a* b* L* a* b*
Flour type 450 332 ± 113 a 51.88 ± 6.90 a 10.47 ± 6.94 a 27.23 ± 3.23 a 70.97 ± 2.44 a −3.65 ± 0.91 b 22.53 ± 2.21 a
1650 290 ± 149 b 39.59 ± 2.24 b 9.47 ± 0.62 a 16.92 ± 2.83 b 47.47 ± 4.94 b 3.95 ± 0.23 a 15.74 ± 1.20 b
Dough development method I-stage 336 ± 71 a 43.84 ± 7.95 b 10.99 ± 6.69 a 20.53 ± 7.44 a 59.66 ± 12.41 a −0.01 ± 3.95 b 18.90 ± 4.54 a
II-stage 287 ± 75 b 47.62 ± 7.72 a 8.95 ± 1.46 a 23.62 ± 6.85 a 58.78 ± 12.63 a 0.31 ± 3.86 a 19.41 ± 2.97 a
Dough fermentation time 60 324 ± 113 a 43.94 ± 7.79 b 10.39 ± 0.78 a 17.85 ± 6.17 a 60.54 ± 10.67 a 0.30 ± 3.95 a 20.36 ± 4.57 a
90 302 ± 99 c 43.95 ± 8.40 b 9.80 ± 0.88 a 20.70 ± 7.19 a 60.37 ± 12.57 a 0.08 ± 4.08 a 19.19 ± 3.18 b
120 310 ± 172 b 46.89 ± 7.49 a 11.45 ± 9.58 a 26.95 ± 7.01 a 58.37 ± 11.46 b 0.12 ± 3.85 a 18.63 ± 3.82 b
150 309 ± 167 b 46.14 ± 8.10 a 8.23 ± 1.31 a 22.80 ± 7.53 a 51.61 ± 15.31 b 0.12 ± 3.96 a 18.34 ± 3.65 b

Values represent the means of two (loaf volume) or five (color parameters) replicates. Small letters in the same column denote significant differences according to Duncan’s test (p ≤ 0.05).