Background & Aim: Tragacanth is a natural gum obtained from the dried sap of several species of Middle Eastern egumes of the genus Astragalus, that is a viscous, odorless, tasteless, water-soluble mixture of polysaccharides. Tragacanth is used in pharmaceutical and foods industries as an emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, and texturant additive. Sponge cake is one of the most popular b...

introduction: sourdough is a very complex biological system and an important modern fermentation method of cereal flours and water. sourdough fermentation is based on lactic acid and alcoholic fermentation depending on the composition of micro flora and fermentation conditions. commercial sourdough processes do not rely on fortuitous flora but on the use of specific starter cultures. there has ...

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Starch is a major storage product of many economically important crops such as wheat, rice, maize, tapioca, and potato. A large-scale starch processing industry has emerged in the last century. In the past decades, we have seen a shift from the acid hydrolysis of starch to the use of starch-converting enzymes in the production of maltodextrin, modified starches, or glucose and fructose syrups. ...

introduction: low quality and short shelf-life are the most important reasons for bread waste. statistics show that each iranian person consumes about 150 kg bread annually, but the low quality of bread and public discontent, would resultin 30 percent waste of traditional breads. previously barley malt was used as an additive to improve the quality and shelf life of bread (including barbari bre...

There is a great need for the development of a robot to perform painting and cleaning of high-rise buildings and tanks and similar dangerous tasks. The Mechanical Engineering Laboratory has been developing a wall cl i rnbing robot (kAEL-SPIDER) which can adhere to rough-finished walls using vacuum suction cups and can move up and down as well as to the right and left. Two prototypes were studie...

The effects of heat treatment on oat and barley starch water dispersions were investigated. As compared with barley starch, the granules from oat starch were more degraded, but the fractionation patterns of both starches were not significantly different. Microscopic examination indicated that no evidence of amylopectin fragments was observed in the liquid fraction after starch dispersions were ...

Functionality of Marve seed gum (Salvia Macrosiphon Boiss) on rheological properties and staling of Baguette bread have been studied. Three different concentrations of 0.1 %, 0.5% and 1% (w/w, flour basis) were applied and this hydrocolloid affected the quality of the stored bread to some extent. The effects of Marve seed gum on the rheological properties of dough was also investigated instrume...