Alternative fat substitutes for beef burger: technological and sensory characteristics.

This study aimed to develop a type of hamburger meat product and evaluate the physical features and sensory formulations of oatmeal flour, flour of green banana pulp, flour of green banana peel, flour of apple peel and pulp of Green Banana as fat substitutes. Regarding color, the formulations containing fat substitutes based on green banana presented lower values for b* and L*. Hamburgers with added oatmeal and apple peel flour obtained high values of a* and low values of L*, producing the reddest burgers. Substitutes based on green banana differed from others, resulting in a higher yield of burgers and water-holding capacity during cooking, besides having lower toughness and less shrinkage. The sensory acceptance test for untrained consumers suggests that the flour of peel and pulp of green banana, and oatmeal flour are excellent choices for fat-substitution in beef burger. Although fat contributes to a series of physical and sensory attributes such as softness, juiciness and yield, it is possible to reduce the lipid content in beef burgers without depreciating the quality of food through the use of the following fat substitutes: oat flour, apple peel flour, green banana pulp flour, green banana peel flour and green banana pulp.

Fish filleting residues for enrichment of wheat bread: chemical and sensory characteristics.

The fish processing industry generates a large amount of materials discarded as residue. It is known that fish and its residue are a source of essential nutrients. Conversely, bread is a food accessible to different social classes but is deficient in protein, minerals, and fatty acids. Thus, this study aimed to develop bread products based on the addition of flour from Red-tailed Brycon (Brycon cephalus) processing residue and then evaluate the chemical and sensory qualities of the products. In relation to a standard bread formulation without fish flour, the addition of fish flour to bread formulations resulted in products with not only higher contents of protein, essential fatty acids, and minerals, especially calcium and phosphorus, but also lower contents of carbohydrates. The breads with fish flour received sensory acceptance better than or as good as that of a bread formulation without fish flour. Hence, the addition of fish processing residue to breads is a way to provide essential nutrients to the population through a well-accepted, accessible, and low-cost product.

Avaliação da qualidade microbiológica e sensorial de caldos compactados de resíduos de Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus)

Este trabalho teve como objetivo o desenvolvimento de caldos de peixe compactados, visando o aproveitamento de resíduos de piscicultura de Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus), que são matérias-primas de baixo custo e alto valor nutricional. Quatro tratamentos (P1, P2, P3, P4) foram desenvolvidos, utilizando dois tipos de processamentos mecânicos (moedor e despolpadora) e dois tipos de secagem (estufa e liofilizador). Análises sensoriais e microbiológicas foram realizadas. Todos os caldos elaborados estavam de acordo com os padrões microbiológicos e não se diferiram quanto ao teste de aceitação da análise sensorial, que variou entre "gostei ligeiramente" e "gostei moderadamente", e na intenção de compra o resultado foi entre "talvez compraria/ talvez não compraria" e "possivelmente compraria". A produção de caldos compactados como um novo produto utilizando resíduos de peixe como matéria-prima é viável, pois agrega valor ao subproduto e colabora com a redução do impacto ambiental.

This work aimed at the development of fish bouillon cubes, targeting the use of waste fish Pacu (Piaractus mesopotamicus), which are the raw materials of low cost and high nutritional value. Four treatments (P1, P2, P3, P4) have been developed using two types of mechanical processes (grinder and fish pulp machine) and two types of drying (freeze drying and oven). Microbiological and sensory analysis were performed. All fish broth cubes were prepared according to the microbiological standards and do not differ with respect to acceptance testing of sensory analysis, which ranged between "like slightly" and "like moderately", and purchase intent between the result was "maybe buy / maybe not buy "and" possibly buy. The fish broth cube as a new product using fish waste as raw material is feasible, therefore, adds value to byproduct and contributes to reducing the environmental impact.