Rice starch modification by thermal treatments with avocado oil: Autoclave versus microwave methods.

This study aimed to evaluate the physical and chemical alterations in rice starch modified by heat-moisture treatment (HMT) using an autoclave and a microwave, in association with avocado oil (AO), and evaluate the effects on thermal and structural properties, in vitro digestibility, and estimated glycemic index (eGI). Samples were adjusted to 30 % (w/w) moisture and 2, 4 and 8 % AO. HMT was conducted at 110 °C for 1 h in the autoclave (A0%, A2%, A4%, and A8%) and at 50 °C for 3 min in the microwave (M0%, M2%, M4%, and M8%). Both procedures did not alter the starch crystallinity pattern (type-A). Pasting viscosity, setback, relative crystallinity, and gelatinisation enthalpy decreased as the AO content increased in both HMT processes. The M8% showed reduced digestibility, decreased eGI (72.99, p < 0.05), and lower starch hydrolysis concentration (62.75 %, p < 0.05). The application of HMT with the addition of AO may be an interesting process for obtaining resistant starch since its content increased after both treatments (A8%, M4%, and M8%). The microwave process proved efficient, making it possible to use a lower temperature, less time, and less energy for modification and obtain starches with improved characteristics.

Hydrogel properties of non-conventional starches from guabiju, pinhão, and uvaia seeds.

The physicochemical properties of starch vary depending on the botanical sources, thereby influencing the gelatinisation/retrogradation properties and subsequently affecting the hydrogels characteristics. This study aimed to assess the influence of botanical sources influence on starch and hydrogel properties using non-conventional starch derived from guabiju, pinhão, and uvaia seeds. Hydrogels were prepared by starch gelatinisation followed by 6 h ageing period at room temperature (20 ± 2 °C) and subjected to five freeze-thaw cycles. Pinhão starch exhibited a higher viscosity peak and breakdown, along with a lower final viscosity and setback, compared to guabiju and uvaia starches. The significantly different pasting properties influenced the porous microstructure, water absorption (p-value: 0.01), and resistance of the hydrogels (p-value: 0.01). The guabiju starch hydrogels showed a uniform pore structure without cavities, whereas pinhão and uvaia starch hydrogels exhibited agglomerated and spongy pore structures. Furthermore, the guabiju starch hydrogel demonstrated the lowest water absorption (4.56 g/g) and the highest compression resistance (1448.50 g) among all the studied starch hydrogels. In contrast, the pinhão starch hydrogel showed the highest water absorption (7.43 g/; p-value: 0.01) among all studied starch hydrogels. The hardness of uvaia starch hydrogel did not differ significantly from the guabiju and pinhão starch hydrogel. The different non-conventional starches reveal important variations in the hydrogels characteristics. This provides insights into how amylose and amylopectin interact and present alternatives for using these unique starch-based hydrogels in diverse applications.

Ionizing and nonionizing radiations can change physicochemical, technofunctional, and nutritional attributes of starch.

Challenges for the food/non-food applications of starch mostly arise from its low stability against severe processing conditions (i.e. elevated temperatures, pH variations, intense shear forces), inordinate retrogradability, as well as restricted applicability. These drawbacks have been addressed through the modification of starch. The escalating awareness of individuals toward the presumptive side effects of chemical modification approaches has engrossed the attention of scientists to the development of physical modification procedures. In this regard, starch treatment via ionizing (i.e. gamma, electron beam, and X-rays) and non-ionizing (microwave, radiofrequency, infrared, ultraviolet) radiations has been introduced as a potent physical strategy offering new outstanding attributes to the modified product. Ionizing radiations, through dose-dependent pathways, are able to provoke depolymerization or cross-linking/grafting reactions to the starch medium. While non-ionizing radiations could modify the starch attributes by changing the morphology/architecture of granules and inducing reorientation/rearrangement in the molecular order of starch amorphous/crystalline fractions.

Bioactive compounds from acerola pomace: A review.

Acerola is a tropical fruit rich in vitamins, carotenoids, anthocyanins, and bioactive compounds such as ascorbic acid. The production of this fruit has increased over the last few years due to its physiochemical, organoleptic, and nutritional qualities, and has gained importance in the food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries. The change in the current world scenario, with focus on sustainable development and sustainable use of resources, has powered the search for new techniques that reduce the impact caused on the environment and promote efficient use of resources. In addition, several studies have proven that the by-products of fruit and vegetable processing contain highly nutritious components. Therefore, the objective of this review is to provide information regarding recent studies related to the use and application of the by-products obtained from acerola processing.

Oat starch - How physical and chemical modifications affect the physicochemical attributes and digestibility?

Oat is a promising grain well-incorporated into human diet due to the presence of multiple nutrients in composition and its unique health-enhancing attributes. Similar to other cereals, starch is the most important component of the oat kernel, which makes up at least 60 % of the grain's dry weight. Considering the need to access new sources of starch with a broad range of capabilities, oat starch has experienced various modifications by physical and chemical strategies. Thus, this study aims to comprehensively review the impacts of various physical and chemical modifications on the physicochemical, functional, as well as digestibility properties of oat starch. Besides, the effects of oat starch combination with other biomacromolecules (whey protein isolate, caseinate, gums and lipids) on mentioned criteria were also reviewed. In conclusion, various modification methods could properly enhance the physicochemical attributes and digestibility of oat starch for its further successful application in food and pharmaceutical formulations.

Dual modification of potato starch: Effects of heat-moisture and high pressure treatments on starch structure and functionalities.

This study investigated the association of heat moisture treatment (HMT) with high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) and evaluated its effects on the thermal, pasting, swelling power, solubility, morphology, and crystallinity characteristics, as well as in vitro digestibility of potato starch. The single and dual modifications significantly altered the pasting properties of potato starch except for HHP. When HHP was applied to HMT starches, the peak viscosities, setback, and final viscosities were greatly increased compared to those of the samples processed with HMT alone. Dual modification increased the transition temperatures, swelling power, and altered the relative crystallinity. The modified starch exhibited a slower rate of glucose release which decreased proportionally with increasing moisture in the HMT. Dual modification showed a remarkable ability to modify starches with different characteristics and can be used as an alternative in the elaboration of low glycaemic index foods.

Electrosprayed octenyl succinic anhydride starch capsules for rosemary essential oil encapsulation.

Octenyl succinic anhydride starch (OSA-starch) is often used as an emulsifier to protect bioactive compounds such as essential oils. In this study, rosemary essential oil was encapsulated in OSA-starch capsules via electrospraying an emulsion. Creaming was observed in the emulsions with 40% ethanol (v/v) 2 h after preparation, and phase separation occurred after 4 days. The emulsion with 20% ethanol revealed smaller droplets and lower zeta potential, and remained stable for 7 days. The morphology, loading capacity (LC), and encapsulation efficiency (EE) of the capsules, electrosprayed from the emulsions, were evaluated. The capsules from 20 and 30% aqueous ethanol (v/v) were smooth and spherical in shape with few dimpled. EE values were higher in the emulsions with 20% ethanol (82%-98%) when compared to those with 30% ethanol (89%-96%), except when 30% oil content was used. Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry suggested interaction of essential oil with the wall material. In summary, OSA-starch produced a stable emulsion that was suitable for electrospraying into capsules.

Impact of cooking temperature on the quality of quick cooking brown rice.

Three cooking temperatures (72, 80, and 88 °C) were applied to two rice genotypes (Puitá Inta CL and INOV CL) for preparing quick cooking brown rice. Samples were analyzed for cooking time, color, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), damaged grains, amylose, protein content and extractability, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction (XRD), sensory properties, and in vitro digestion. Cooking time was reduced from 23.0-23.6 to 5.5-6.9 min when the highest temperature was applied, depending on genotype. The greatest grain deformation was observed for treatments from Puitá Inta CL. XRD showed greater ability of brown rice from Puitá Inta CL to gelatinize at 88 °C. Appearance, texture, and flavor of quick cooking brown rice prepared at 88 °C was inferior to its brown rice counterparts. Starch digestibility decreased by around 20-22% in 88 °C-prepared-quick cooking brown rice. Lower digestibility values were determined for 88 °C-treated-INOV CL, and were associated with grain integrity.

Physicochemical, pasting, crystallinity, and morphological properties of starches isolated from maize kernels exhibiting different types of defects.

The present study aims to evaluate the physicochemical, rheological, and safety properties of starches isolated from maize kernels with different types of defects. Starch isolation showed to be a valuable alternative to defective yellow maize kernels, since the presence of the evaluated kernel defects (broken, fermented, rotten, moldy, germinated, insect-damaged, and shrunken and immature kernels) did not provide significant changes on starch purity and colour. Only starch isolated from shrunken and immature kernels exhibited reduced extractability. Starch obtained from germinated kernels exhibited the greatest solubility. While flour from moldy kernels showed 7.5 ppb of aflatoxin A1, 25.0 ppb of aflatoxin A2, and 1229.4 ppb of fumonisin B1, any of these mycotoxins were detected in isolated starch. In sum, minor changes in pasting, thermal, crystallinity, and morphological properties of the isolated starches from defective kernels were determined, which does not impair its use in industrial processes.

Starch hydrogels: The influence of the amylose content and gelatinization method.

Gelatinization and retrogradation, influenced by amylose and amylopectin ratio, are important characteristics for starch hydrogels elaboration. The objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of amylose content and the gelatinization method on the physicochemical characteristics of native and cross-linked rice starch hydrogels. The native and cross-linked starches were gelatinized with heating or alkaline solution, added polyvinyl alcohol, frozen and then freeze-dried. The cross-linked starch had a low final viscosity (101.38 RVU), which made the heat-induced gelatinized hydrogel readily disintegrated in water. However, modified starch hydrogels obtained by alkaline-induced gelatinization resulted in a more rigid structure than the native starch hydrogels. In addition, the starch sample with high amylose content had lower water absorption (322.2%) due to the greater stiffness of the hydrogel structure that resisted swelling. The alkaline-gelatinization resulted in stiffer hydrogels with lower water absorption (322.2 to 534.8%), while the heat-gelatinized behaved as a superabsorbent (658.7 to 1068.5%). The variability of the hydrogels properties of this study can enable a range of applications due to different amylose contents and gelatinization methods.

Microstructural characteristics and gastro-small intestinal digestion in vitro of potato starch: Effects of refrigerated storage and reheating in microwave.

The objective of our study was to evaluate paste clarity, retrogradation (syneresis %), thermal characteristics and kinetics of glucose release during in vitro gastro-small intestinal digestion of freshly cooked and refrigerated potato starch. Freshly cooked starch pastes had a paste clarity of 71%, which decreased to 35.4% whereas syneresis (%) increased after 7days of refrigerated storage. The X-ray and thermal characteristics of native, retrograded and microwave reheated starch samples differed significantly from each other. For the freshly cooked starch pastes, ∼88% starch hydrolysis was observed at the end (150min) of digestion under simulated gastro-small intestinal conditions that decreased to ∼70% for the 7day stored pastes. The hydrolysis (%) of refrigerated pastes increased to 86% and 92% after one and two cycles of microwave reheating, respectively. These results contribute to the understanding of starch retrogradation in relation to starch digestion.

Morphological, mechanical, barrier and properties of films based on acetylated starch and cellulose from barley.

BACKGROUND: Biodegradable films of native or acetylated starches with different concentrations of cellulose fibers (0%, 10% and 20%) were prepared. The films were characterized by morphological, mechanical, barrier, and thermal properties. RESULT: The tensile strength of the acetylated starch film was lower than those of the native starch film, without fibers. The addition of fibers increased the tensile strength and decreased the elongation and the moisture of native and acetylated starches films. The acetylated starch film showed higher water solubility when compared to native starch film. The addition of cellulose fibers reduced the water solubility of the acetylated starch film. The films reinforced with cellulose fiber exhibited a higher initial decomposition temperature and thermal stability. CONCLUSION: The mechanical, barrier, solubility, and thermal properties are factors which direct the type of the film application in packaging for food products. The films elaborated with acetylated starches of low degree of substitution were not effective in a reduction of the water vapor permeability. The addition of the cellulose fiber in acetylated and native starches films can contribute to the development of more resistant films to be applied in food systems that need to maintain their integrity. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.

Acetylated rice starches films with different levels of amylose: Mechanical, water vapor barrier, thermal, and biodegradability properties.

Biodegradable films from native or acetylated starches with different amylose levels were prepared. The films were characterized according to the mechanical, water vapor barrier, thermal, and biodegradability properties. The films from acetylated high amylose starches had higher moisture content and water solubility than the native high amylose starch film. However, the acetylation did not affect acid solubility of the films, regardless of the amylose content. Films made from high and medium amylose rice starches were obtained; however low amylose rice starches, whether native or acetylated, did not form films with desirable characteristics. The acetylation decreased the tensile strength and increased the elongation of the films. The acetylated starch-based films had a lower decomposition temperature and higher thermal stability than native starch films. Acetylated starches films exhibited more rapid degradation as compared with the native starches films.

Films based on oxidized starch and cellulose from barley.

Starch and cellulose fibers were isolated from grains and the husk from barley, respectively. Biodegradable films of native starch or oxidized starches and glycerol with different concentrations of cellulose fibers (0%, 10% and 20%) were prepared. The films were characterized by morphological, mechanical, barrier, and thermal properties. Cellulose fibers isolated from the barley husk were obtained with 75% purity and high crystallinity. The morphology of the films of the oxidized starches, regardless of the fiber addition, was more homogeneous as compared to the film of the native starch. The addition of cellulose fibers in the films increased the tensile strength and decreased elongation. The water vapor permeability of the film of oxidized starch with 20% of cellulose fibers was lower than the without fibers. However the films with cellulose fibers had the highest decomposition with the initial temperature and thermal stability. The oxidized starch and cellulose fibers from barley have a good potential for use in packaging. The addition of cellulose fibers in starch films can contribute to the development of films more resistant that can be applied in food systems to maintain its integrity.

Structure, morphology and functionality of acetylated and oxidised barley starches.

Acetylation and oxidation are chemical modifications which alter the properties of starch. The degree of modification of acetylated and oxidized starches is dependent on the catalyst and active chlorine concentrations, respectively. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of acetylation and oxidation on the structural, morphological, physical-chemical, thermal and pasting properties of barley starch. Barley starches were acetylated at different catalyst levels (11%, 17%, and 23% of NaOH solution) and oxidized at different sodium hypochlorite concentrations (1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0% of active chlorine). Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffractograms, thermal, morphological, and pasting properties, swelling power and solubility of starches were evaluated. The degree of substitution (DS) of the acetylated starches increased with the rise in catalyst concentration. The percentage of carbonyl (CO) and carboxyl (COOH) groups in oxidized starches also increased with the rise of active chlorine level. The presence of hydrophobic acetyl groups, carbonyl and carboxyl groups caused a partial disorganization and depolymerization of starch granules. The structural, morphological and functional changes in acetylated and oxidized starches varied according to reaction conditions. Acetylation makes barley starch more hydrophobic by the insertion of acetyl groups. Also the oxidation promotes low retrogradation and viscosity. All these characteristics are important for biodegradable film production.

Processamento hidrotérmico em escala industrial sobre parâmetros de qualidade em frações de aveia / Hidrothermal processing on an industrial scale on quality parameters in oat fractions

A aveia destaca-se dentre os cereais por seu teor e qualidade proteica, alta porcentagem de lipídios distribuídos por todo o grão e predominância de ácidos graxos insaturados, além de possuir altos teores de fibra alimentar, minerais e antioxidantes, responsáveis pelos efeitos benéficos à saúde humana. Devido aos seus constituintes, a aveia apresenta forte tendência à rancidez e, por esse motivo, faz-se necessária a inativação enzimática das cariopses. Na indústria, a inativação normalmente é realizada pelo tratamento hidrotérmico. Objetivou-se, com este trabalho, estudar os efeitos do processamento hidrotérmico em escala industrial sobre parâmetros de composição química, atividade enzimática, β-glicanas e compostos fenólicos solúveis totais nas frações de aveia farinha, farelo e integral. O processamento industrial da aveia foi realizado em batelada com temperatura e pressão constantes e tempo de retenção na coluna de 37min e 110min. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento inteiramente casualizado, sendo os resultados submetidos à análise de variância e as médias comparadas pelo teste Tukey a 5% de significância. Os constituintes químicos das frações farinha, farelo e integral foram pouco afetados nos tempos de retenção estudados. O tempo de retenção de 37min se mostra mais adequado por ser suficiente para inativar as enzimas lipase e peroxidase e preservar os compostos fenólicos solúveis totais em todas as frações de aveia estudadas.

Oat stands out among other cereals because of its quality as high protein content, high percentage of lipids distributed throughout the grain and predominance of unsaturated fatty acids, in addition oat presents high contents of dietary fiber, minerals and antioxidants responsible for the beneficial effects to human health. Due to their constituents oats has a strong tendency to rancidity and because of this reason is necessary to enzymatic inactivation of caryopses. In industry, the inactivation is carried out usually by hydrothermal treatment. The objective of this work was to study the effects of hydrothermal processing on an industrial scale. Parameters of chemical composition, enzyme stability, β-glucan and total soluble phenolic compounds oat fractions (flour, bran and wholemeal) were evaluated. The industrial processing was carried out in batch with constant temperature and pressure and column retention time of 37min and 110min. The experiment was conducted in a completely randomized design and the results were submitted to analysis of variance and means were compared by Tukey test at 5% significance. The chemical constituents of the fractions flour, bran and whole were little affected the retention times studied. The retention time of 37min shown more appropriate for being sufficient to inactivate lipase and peroxidase enzymes and preserve the phenolic total soluble in all oats fractions studied.

Ozone oxidation of cassava starch in aqueous solution at different pH.

Ozone is a more powerful oxidant than common oxidising agents, such as sodium hypochlorite and hydrogen peroxide. It is considered as a safer starch modification method for both consumers and the environment. However, few studies have investigated the changes in starch properties associated with ozone treatment, particularly when applied in aqueous solution. This work aimed to evaluate the carbonyl and carboxyl contents, the X-ray diffraction patterns, the spectrum profiles of Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, the pasting properties and the surface morphology of ozone-oxidised cassava starch during 60 min under different pH (3.5, 6.5 and 9.5) at 25°C. The pH 6.5 and 9.5 seemed to favour the cross-linking between the depolymerised starch molecules during ozonation. The pH 3.5 was more effective in reducing the peak viscosity, breakdown, setback and final viscosity of cassava starch during ozonation in aqueous solution. No differences in the granule surface morphology were observed in the ozone-treated cassava starches compared to native starch.

Structural, morphological, and physicochemical properties of acetylated high-, medium-, and low-amylose rice starches.

The high-, medium-, and low-amylose rice starches were isolated by the alkaline method and acetylated by using acetic anhydride for 10, 30, and 90 min of reaction. The degree of substitution (DS), the Fourier-transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), the X-ray diffractograms, the thermal, morphological, and pasting properties, and the swelling power and solubility of native and acetylated starches were evaluated. The DS of the low-amylose rice starch was higher than the DS of the medium- and the high-amylose rice starches. The introduction of acetyl groups was confirmed by FTIR spectroscopy. The acetylation treatment reduced the crystallinity, the viscosity, the swelling power, and the solubility of rice starch; however, there was an increase in the thermal stability of rice starch modified by acetylation.

Effect of single and dual heat-moisture treatments on properties of rice, cassava, and pinhao starches.

The effects of single and dual heat-moisture treatment (HMT) of rice, cassava and pinhão starches at 100 °C and 120 °C were investigated. The starches were adjusted to 22% w.b. moisture content and subjected to single HMT (autoclaved for 2 h) or dual HMT (after being autoclaved for 1 h, the material was allowed to stand for 24 h and was autoclaved again for more 1 h). Starch crystallinity, solubility, swelling power, thermal properties, pasting properties, and gel hardness were evaluated. The temperature variation affected more the starch properties than the single or dual HMT. The starch subjected to single HMT at 120 °C was the most applicable to food applications, where low swelling power, low viscosity and high thermal stability are necessary.

Propriedades físicas e tecnológicas de farinha de trigo tratada com terra diatomácea / Technological and physical properties of wheat flour treated with diatomaceous earth

Embora exista grande número de trabalhos sobre a aplicação de terra diatomácea no controle de insetos em grãos de trigo, as informações sobre o resíduo que permanece na farinha após a moagem, mesmo com retirada parcial na etapa de limpeza, e se este altera a qualidade tecnológica, são restritas. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar as propriedades físicas e tecnológicas de farinha de trigo tratada com diferentes terras diatomáceas. As terras diatomáceas de marcas comerciais, codificadas como TD1 e TD2 e a farinha de trigo tipo I foram adquiridas no mercado local. A TD1 e TD2 foram adicionadas nas doses zero, 0,5, 1,0 e 2,0g kg-1 de farinha de trigo, homogeneizadas em misturador e realizadas as análises número de queda, alveografia, farinografia, cor e teste de panificação experimental. O experimento foi conduzido em delineamento inteiramente casualizado em arranjo fatorial 2x4, os resultados submetidos à análise de variância (ANOVA) e nos modelos significativos, as médias comparadas entre si pelo teste de Tukey a 5 por cento de significância. A terra diatomácea adicionada na quantidade de até 2g kg-1 afeta as propriedades físicas e funcionais da farinha de trigo. O alveógrafo é efetivo para predizer alterações nas propriedades físicas de farinha de trigo tratada com terra diatomácea. As alterações mais acentuadas nas propriedades físicas da farinha de trigo são do componente L* (luminosidade) de cor e força geral de glúten (W), enquanto que nas tecnológicas o escore de pontos e componente L* de cor do miolo.

Although there are many studies on the application of diatomaceous earth for insect control in wheat grains, the information about the residue that remains in the flour after grinding, even with partial removal in the cleaning step, and if this changes the technological quality are restricted. The objective of this study was to evaluate the physical and functional properties of wheat flour treated with diatomaceous earth. Diatomaceous earth of two commercial brands codified as DE1 and DE2, were used. Wheat flour type I was purchased at the local market. DE1 and DE2 were added in doses zero, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0g kg-1 of wheat flour, homogenized in a blender and the analysis of falling number, alveography, farinograph, color analysis and experimental baking test were carried out. The results were analyzed by Analysis of variance and comparisons of means by Tukey's test at 5 percent significance level. The diatomaceous earth added in doses up to 2g kg-1 directly into the flour affects the physical and functional properties. The alveograph is effective to predict changes in physical properties of wheat flour. The changes more pronounced in wheat flour physical properties are color component lightness and gluten strength (W), while in the baking test were points score and crumb color component lightness.