Surfactants are widely used in bakeries as dough strengtheners and dough improvers but there is a wide range of compounds available according to their mode of action that could potentially improve the quality of not only the simple breads and doughs but also of frozen dough. These types of product usually have a short shelf-life when compared with normal bakery products. With the increase in mo...

The relationships between breadmaking quality, kernel properties (physical and chemical), and dough rheology were investigated using flours from six genotypes of Syrian wheat lines, comprising both commercially grown cultivars and advanced breeding lines. Genotypes were grown in 2008/2009 season in irrigated plots in the Eastern part of Syria. Grain samples were evaluated for vitreousness, test...

introduction: bread stales and unfortunately it is a certainty and causes significant product waste all over the world.staling results in loss of important sensory parameters of bread, like flavor and texture, and it is a consequence of a group of several physical–chemical changes occurring during bread storage that lead mainly to an increase of crumb firmness and loss of freshness (gray and be...

abstract: nowadays, consumption of whole flours and flours with high extraction rate is recommended, because of their large amount of fiber, vitamins and minerals. despite nutritional benefits of whole flours, concentration of some undesirable components such as phytic acid is higher than white flour. in this study, the effect of several sourdough lactic acid bacteria on toast bread was investi...