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Physical modification caused by acoustic cavitation improves rice flour bread-making performance

LWT, ISSN: 0023-6438, Vol: 183, Page: 114950
2023
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Acoustic cavitation has been shown to cause physical damage and partial starch depolymerization in ultrasound-treated flours. However, the promising effects of this modification on bread-making performance of gluten-free flour are still unexplored. Based on this hypothesis, sonicated rice flour (2–20 min) was used to replace 30% native flour in the control formulation of gluten-free bread. Breadmaking performance was characterized by doughs' pasting, thermal, and rheological properties, and physical quality of breads. Ultrasonication time presented a direct correlation with particle fragmentation. Doughs’ rheology presented reduced tan(δ)₁ values (up to −11%) and improved recovery after the application of stress (up to +14%), denoting an enhanced elastic behavior with respect to the control dough. Rheo-fermentative tests demonstrated that ultrasonication accelerated the generation of CO 2 and its retention within the dough structure, as consequence of eased accessibility of yeast to simpler sugars after starch depolymerization. The small-size particles (∼10 μm) in ultrasonicated flours seem to have enhanced their Pickering emulsifying ability and led to breads with higher specific volumes (up to 24%), softer crumbs, and delayed hardening during storage. Ultrasonication, a low-cost technology, has been shown to significantly improve the fermentative and viscoelastic behavior of rice flour dough and its breadmaking performance.

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