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Breadmaking Quality Estimation By Fast Spectrophotometric Method

November 2000 Volume 77 Number 6
Pages 699 — 701
E. A. Tosi , 1 , 2 E. D. Ré , 1 L. Carbone , 1 and M. Cuniberti 3

Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Tecnología de Alimentos (CIDTA). Universidad Tecnológica Nacional-Facultad Regional Rosario. Zeballos 1341, 2000 Rosario, Argentina. Corresponding author. Phone/Fax: 54-341-4484909. E-mail: tosienzo@ciudad.com.ar Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Marcos Juárez del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) C.C. 21, 5800 Marcos Juárez, Argentina. Phone/Fax: 54-3472-425001.


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Accepted April 17, 2000.
ABSTRACT

A fast method to estimate wheat breadmaking quality diminution as a result of excessive thermal treatment during drying is proposed. Proteins that remain in soluble after drying were extracted with a solution of phosphoric acid plus ethanol, and colorimetrically quantified after dyeing with Coomassie Brilliant Blue G and measuring at 595 nm. A decrease in absorbance values indicates a decrease in loaf volume and breadmaking quality. The application of the proposed technique required ≈30 min.



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