Sweet corn cob as a functional ingredient in bakery products

Lau, T., Clayton, T., Harbourne, N., Rodriguez Garcia, J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4986-3144 and Oruna-Concha, M.J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7916-1592 (2022) Sweet corn cob as a functional ingredient in bakery products. Food Chemistry: X, 13. 100180. ISSN 2590-1575 doi: 10.1016/j.fochx.2021.100180

Abstract/Summary

Gluten free (GF) products are often inferior in quality attributes, nutritional content and consumer acceptability. The use of GF by-products is a novel strategy to improve the structure and nutritional profile of these products. Sweet corn cob (SCC) is a by-product of sweet corn processing containing a considerable amount of fibre and ferulic acid. The effect of baking on ferulic acid content, colour, texture and physical characteristics on muffins incorporated with SCC flour (SCCF) as a value-added food ingredient was investigated using a GF model system. The freeze-dried SCCF, containing ferulic acid (6.02 mg g-1) was used to replace the rice flour at varying levels of 10, 20, and 30%. In general, SCCF increased dietary fibre and free ferulic acid content of muffins. Inclusion of 20% SCCF showed an increase in terms of the height of the muffin and number of air cells in the crumb, along with a decrease in the hardness of muffins. Muffins with SCCF showed higher mean overall liking scores than rice flour muffin.

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Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences > Food Research Group
Publisher	Elsevier
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