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. 2020 Aug 30;8(9):1322. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8091322

Table 5.

Main technological properties of the fresh pasta: CS-p, semolina fresh pasta fortified with the chickpea sourdough; CT-p, conventional semolina fresh pasta; CT-p, cP-p semolina fresh pasta added to 0.3% (w/w on a flour weight basis) calcium propionate.

CS-p CT-p cP-p
OCT (min) 3.10 ± 0.20 b 4.25 ± 0.20 a 4.30 ± 0.10 a
Water Absorption (%) 85 ± 2 a 80 ± 2 b 80 ± 2 b
Cooking loss (% of d.m.) 4.57 ± 0.12 a 3.91 ± 0.10 b 3.80 ± 0.15 b
pH (at the OCT) 6.0 ± 0.1 b 6.7 ± 0.2 a 6.7 ± 0.1 a

OCT, Optimal cooking time; d.m., dry matter. a–b Values in the same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (p < 0.05). The data are the means of three independent experiments ± standard deviations (n = 3).