Cereal Chem. 72(l):53-58 The range in moduli for isolated starch and vital gluten doughs showed action of the starch with the gluten. The source of gluten also had a the existence of starch-gluten or starch-gluten-water interactions in dough. significant effect on dough rheology, as indicated by the range of elastic Starches isolated from different wheat cultivars and mixed into dough (G') and ...

Protonated organic acid species have been shown to be the primary stimuli responsible for sour taste of organic acids. However, we have observed that sour taste may be modulated when the pH of acid solutions is raised using sodium hydroxide. Objectives were to evaluate the effect of pH adjustment on sour taste of equimolar protonated organic acid solutions and to investigate the potential roles...

Sour taste is influenced by pH and acids present in foods. It is not currently possible, however, to accurately predict and modify sour taste intensity in foods containing organic acids. The objective of this study was to investigate the roles of protonated (undissociated) organic acid species and hydrogen ions in evoking sour taste. Sour taste intensity increased linearly with hydrogen ion con...

The aim of this study was the evaluation of the influence of the breadmaking process on initial deoxynivalenol (DON) contamination. Samples (92) were taken from four batches of eight different types of products in a low-technology bakery. The final products, as well as the corresponding flours, doughs and fermented doughs were analyzed. Extracts were obtained with acetonitrile:water (84:16), th...

Sour taste is the key element in the flavor profile of food acidulants. Understanding the chemistry and physiology of sour taste is critical for efficient control of flavor in the formulation of acid and acidified foods. After a brief introduction to the main applications of food acidulants, several chemical parameters associated with sour taste are discussed. Special emphasis is given to hydro...

Cereal Chem. 69(3):266-270 Reduction of phytate was studied in model dough systems using whole(up to 550 C) phytic acid concentrations were less than 8 and 4% of original grain coarse meals or flours and during breadmaking of coarse meal concentrations for wheat and rye, respectively. Further increase of the breads from wheat and rye. It was found that pH was the most important temperature (abo...

BACKGROUND The perception of sour taste in humans is incompletely understood at the receptor cell level. We report here on two patients with an acquired sour ageusia. Each patient was unresponsive to sour stimuli, but both showed normal responses to bitter, sweet, and salty stimuli. METHODS AND FINDINGS Lingual fungiform papillae, containing taste cells, were obtained by biopsy from the two p...

OBJECTIVE To verify the influence of sour taste on swallowing and the presence of reflex cough when sour material was swallowed in patients with dysphagia secondary to brain injury. METHOD Fifty dysphagic brain injury patients who underwent videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) were recruited. The patients who had shown severe aspiration at 2 ml of liquid were excluded. The dysphagic pati...

Sour taste is detected by a subset of taste cells on the tongue and palate epithelium that respond to acids with trains of action potentials. Entry of protons through a Zn(2+)-sensitive proton conductance that is specific to sour taste cells has been shown to be the initial event in sour taste transduction. Whether this conductance acts in concert with other channels sensitive to changes in int...

Basic research has revealed that the chemical sensory world of children is different from that of adults, as evidenced by their heightened preferences for sweet and salty tastes. However, little is known about the ontogeny of sour taste preferences, despite the growing market of extreme sour candies. The present study investigated whether the level of sourness most preferred in a food matrix an...