| Literature DB >> 36204381 |
Luz Quispe-Sanchez1, Marilu Mestanza1, Malluri Goñas1, Elizabeth Renee Ambler Gill1,2, Manuel Oliva-Cruz1, Segundo G Chavez1.
Abstract
Due to the growing demand for healthy food products, the industry is seeking to incorporate inputs with high nutritional potential to traditional products. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of incorporating Lepidium meyenii, Chenopodium pallidicaule, Amaranthus caudatus, Sesamum indicum and Salvia hispanica flours on the physical, chemical, rheological, textural and thermal characteristics, and the degree of sensory acceptance of dark chocolate bars (65% cocoa). To this end, chocolate bars were made with the incorporation of five flours in four doses (1, 2, 3 and 4%), obtaining 20 different formulations compared with a control treatment (without flour addition). It was found that as flour incorporation levels increased, viscosity, antioxidants and particle size of the chocolates increased, but hardness and pH decreased. The addition of the flours also affected the acceptability and microstructure of the chocolate bars. The incorporation of up to 4% of the flours studied improved the degree of acceptance of the chocolates. Consequently, the incorporation of grain flours with high nutritional value can enhance the characteristics of dark chocolates, becoming a technological alternative for the chocolate industry.Entities:
Keywords: antioxidant activity; calorimetry; cañihua; kiwicha; rheology
Year: 2022 PMID: 36204381 PMCID: PMC9531265 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.990887
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Nutr ISSN: 2296-861X
FIGURE 1Seeds and flours used in the experiment.
Results of particle size, sensory acceptance, hydrogen potential, hardness and antioxidant activity of dark chocolates enriched with 5 types of high-nutritional value flours, in different percentages.
| Types of flours | P (%) | Particle size (μm) | Sensory acceptance | pH | Hardness (g) | Antioxidant activity (mmol TE/L) |
| Maca | 1 | 56.7 ± 3.1cd | 3.41 ± 0.72a | 5.62 ± 0.01cd | 6,716 ± 63.7 a | 90.2 ± 0.20f |
| 2 | 26.7 ± 3.2ef | 3.04 ± 0.75ab | 5.21 ± 0.01i | 5,587 ± 82.7 d | 87.9 ± 0.32f | |
| 3 | 51.3 ± 0.6cde | 3.17 ± 0.81b | 5.55 ± 0.01de | 4,822 ± 19.6 g | 100 ± 0.56a-d | |
| 4 | 144 ± 2.9a | 2.54 ± 0.59a | 5.48 ± 0.01ef | 4,506 ± 57.7 h | 100 ± 0.15a-d | |
| 1 | 27.0 ± 2.7ef | 2.67 ± 0.76ab | 5.45 ± 0.01b | 6,288 ± 70.7 d | 82.2 ± 5.02a-c | |
| 2 | 20.0 ± 2.7f | 2.91 ± 0.97a | 5.31 ± 0.01h | 5,684 ± 15.9 f | 99.6 ± 0.90c-e | |
| Sesame | 3 | 43.3 ± 7.5cdef | 2.25 ± 0.61b | 5.47 ± 0.01cd | 5,014 ± 10.0 j | 101 ± 0.17a-d |
| 4 | 36.0 ± 1.0def | 2.42 ± 0.58ab | 5.43 ± 0.01hi | 4,275 ± 15.3 e | 102 ± 0.45a-d | |
| 1 | 43.7 ± 0.6cdef | 3.13 ± 0.94a | 5.66 ± 0.08c | 6,462 ± 9.9 b | 99.9 ± 0.41 g | |
| 2 | 34.3 ± 3.5cd | 2.79 ± 0.83 a | 6.34 ± 0.11a | 4,372 ± 5.8 ij | 100 ± 0.12 b-d | |
| Cañigua | 3 | 56.0 ± 1.0def | 2.67 ± 0.76 a | 5.61 ± 0.01cd | 4,392 ± 5.7 ij | 99.9 ± 2.20 ab |
| 4 | 33.3 ± 2.9def | 2.91 ± 0.71a | 5.35 ± 0.02gh | 3,677 ± 9.8 l | 99.4 ± 0.53 a | |
| 1 | 39.3 ± 4.8cdef | 3.37 ± 0.49a | 5.61 ± 0.01cd | 5,425 ± 3.2 hi | 96.2 ± 1.46a-d | |
| 2 | 26.0 ± 3.5ef | 3.04 ± 0.75ab | 5.29 ± 0.02hi | 4,503 ± 5.8 j | 98.5 ± 0.98a-d | |
| Kiwicha | 3 | 63.0 ± 3.5c | 2.50 ± 0.59bc | 5.42 ± 0.03fg | 4,284 ± 1.5 k | 100 ± 0.31 a-d |
| 4 | 96.0 ± 2.7b | 2.21 ± 1.10c | 5.12 ± 0.01j | 4,058 ± 55.1 b | 100 ± 0.39b-d | |
| 1 | 33.7 ± 2.9def | 3.00 ± 0.66 a | 5.79 ± 0.01 f | 5,241 ± 5.7 e | 100 ± 0.19e | |
| 2 | 26.0 ± 2.0ef | 3.00 ± 0.65 a | 5.30 ± 0.01h | 4,881 ± 5.8 fg | 98.6 ± 1.87d-e | |
| Chia | 3 | 50.3 ± 0.6cde | 3.00 ± 0.65 a | 5.61 ± 0.01ef | 3,780 ± 5.8 l | 100 ± 0.30a-c |
| 4 | 39.7 ± 6.7cdef | 2.58 ± 0.97 a | 5.29 ± 0.01fg | 2,587 ± 5.2 m | 100 ± 0.13 a-d | |
| Control | 0 | 22.7 ± 1.2f | 1.95 ± 0.75d | 5.69 ± 0.02c | 5,613 ± 5.8 d | 82.5 ± 0.54 g |
*Different letters indicate statistically different groups, according Tukey (p < 0.05; n = 3).
Rheological properties of dark chocolates enriched with high nutritional value flours.
| Type of flour | P (%) | Casson plastic viscosity (Pa. s) | Casson yield stress (Pa) |
|
| 1 | 1.922 ± 0.009i | 21.942 ± 1.589f | 0.999 | |
| 2 | 1.935 ± 0.005í | 18.627 ± 0.059g | 0.999 | |
| Maca | 3 | 2.945 ± 0.007d | 18.758 ± 0.000g | 0.999 |
| 4 | 3.972 ± 0.000a | 26.176 ± 0.903e | 0.999 | |
| 1 | 2.266 ± 0.073fg | 35.451 ± 0.490cd | 0.999 | |
| 2 | 2.761 ± 0.119e | 35.451 ± 0.110bc | 0.999 | |
| Ajonjolí | 3 | 2.879 ± 0.066de | 35.612 ± 0.578bc | 0.999 |
| 4 | 2.931 ± 0.026d | 37.563 ± 0.083a | 0.095 | |
| 1 | 1.518 ± 0.043j | 18.427 ± 0.629g | 0.999 | |
| 2 | 2.364 ± 0.015f | 21.805 ± 0.540f | 0.999 | |
| Kiwicha | 3 | 2.828 ± 0.058de | 34.181 ± 0.000cd | 0.999 |
| 4 | 2.867 ± 0.020de | 35.557 ± 0.126bc | 0.999 | |
| 1 | 2.159 ± 0.004gh | 26.747 ± 1.348e | 0.999 | |
| 2 | 2.196 ± 0.008fgh | 25.565 ± 0.880e | 0.999 | |
| Cañihua | 3 | 2.304 ± 0.036fg | 37.538 ± 0.178a | 0.999 |
| 4 | 3.463 ± 0.125b | 38.354 ± 0.084a | 0.999 | |
| 1 | 2.069 ± 0.017hi | 27.378 ± 0.309e | 0.998 | |
| 2 | 3.126 ± 0.023c | 33.343 ± 0.508d | 0.998 | |
| Chía | 3 | 3.140 ± 0.038c | 37.184 ± 0.219ab | 0.999 |
| 4 | 3.567 ± 0.112b | 38.852 ± 0.158a | 0.998 | |
| Control | 0 | 1.588 ± 0.009i | 15.300 ± 0.404h | 0.999 |
*Different letters indicate statistically different groups, according Tukey (sig. = 0.05; n = 3).
FIGURE 2Micrograph of dark chocolates enriched with high-nutritional value flours in different percentages.
FIGURE 3Typical texture curves of dark chocolates with the addition of flours. (A) Maca, (B) ajonjolí, (C) kiwicha, (D) cañihua, (E) chia, and (F) with no flours.
FIGURE 4Typical differential scanning calorimetry curves of dark chocolates with the addition of flours. (A) Maca, (B) ajonjolí, (C) kiwicha, (D) cañihua, (E) chia, and (F) with no flours.