BACKGROUND African locust bean tree is an important food tree for both human and livestock such as husks and pods. It plays a very vital role in the rural areas. The aim of this study was to evaluate some physicochemical, mineral characteristics and functional properties of flour and starch extract produced from Parkia biglobosa seeds, using different methods. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three diff...

The effects of eight diets (atta flour, wheat flour, self-rising flour, rice flour, custard powder, corn flour, tapioca starch, and potato starch) on the development of the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum (Herbst), reared at 29-31 degrees C and 66-70% RH were assessed. Five pairs of male and female T. castaneum were reared on the respective diets for 28 d before the experimental setup was...

Trials on animals and human subjects have shown that the proteins as contained in wholemeal are less well utilized than those in white flour. Macrae and his 5 volunteers (Macrae, Hutchinson, Irwin, Bacon and McDougal, 1942) found the average coefficients of apparent digestibility of the nitrogen in bread made from flours of 100 per cent. and 73 per cent. extraction to be, respectively, 85.5 and...

Flour and bread 43 the urinary excretions. It may also be argued that when fortified white bread is used in the diet there may be insufficient vitamin E. I n spite of the paper by Moore, Sharman & Ward (1957), there is no evidence for this belief. In baking, 50% of the vitamin E in the flour is destroyed and cereals do not contribute much vitamin E to the diet (see Frazer, Hickman, Sammons & Sh...

introduction: β-glucan is the most important water soluble fiber found in cell wall of some cereals such as barley, oat, wheat and rye, that are composed of β-d-glucoseunits with (1→4) (70%) and (1→3) (30%)anomericbonds(benito-román, alonso, & cocero, 2013).β-glucan is regarded as a dietary fiber in functional foods. it can act as a hydrocolloid due to its thickening characteristic in aqueous p...

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...

Dehydrated uncooked potato (Irish and sweet) flour was blended by weight with commercial wheat flour at 0 to 10% levels of substitution to make bread. Comparative study of the microbial and nutritional qualities of the bread was undertaken. The total aerobic bacterial counts ranged from 3.0 × 10(5) cfu/g to 1.09 × 10(6) cfu/g while the fungal counts ranged from 8.0 × 10(1) cfu/g to 1.20 × 10(3)...

Cereal Chem. 72(l):33-37 The FY sedimentation test is commonly used by manufacturers of Spring and Western Soft White wheat classes decreased. Examination steamed and fried noodles as one of their flour quality specifications. of flours increasing in protein content and dough strength suggested that The FY sedimentation values of Canadian wheat flours were determined, the latter was associated ...

Polylactide (PLA)/wood flour composite foam were prepared through a batch foaming process. The effect of the chain extender on the crystallization behavior and dynamic rheological properties of the PLA/wood flour composites were investigated as well as the crystal structure and cell morphology of the composite foams. The incorporation of the chain extender enhanced the complex viscosity and sto...

The workplace environment affects the health of workers. Unhygienic conditions are observed in the workplace environment of flour mills as fine organic flour dust gets airborne in the indoor environment of the flour mills. The present work was undertaken to study the health problems related to the workplace environment of flour mill workers. The results show that flour mill workers are receivin...