Summary
To make better use of sweet potato residue (SPR), a new pretreatment method, steam explosion (SE), can increase its content of soluble dietary fibre (SDF). Response surface methodology (RSM) was used to determine the SE variables for optimum SDF yield. The optimal conditions were a steam pressure of 0.35 MPa, a residence time of 121 s and a sieving mesh size 60. Under the optimised conditions, the content of SDF from SPR reached 22.59 ± 0.35%, an increase of 18.78% compared with that (3.81 ± 0.62%) from untreated SPR. The water‐holding capacity, oil‐holding capacity (OHC) and swelling capacity of SDF were improved by SE. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) images demonstrated that SDF had become poriferous, loose and dilatants after SE treatment. This technology provides an efficient process for increasing the industrial production of SDF from SPR.
Zeng J., Gao H., Li G., Liang X. (2011): Extruded corn flour changed the functionality behaviour of blends. Czech J. Food Sci., 29: 520-527.Functionalities and relationships between raw and extruded maize flour blends were studied. The extruded flour had higher water absorption and water solubility indices, and had no differential scanning calorimetry endotherm. The parameters of RVA peak, breakdown, setback, and final viscosity were lowered and the parameters of cold viscosity were improved as the fraction of the extruded flour in the mixture increased. In starches from raw flour, a bimodal distribution of the chain length was found by gel permeation chromatography while in the extruded starches only one fraction was observed. The dough quality of 60% raw and 40% extruded flour mixture was found to be better than with other mixture proportions.
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