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Barley for Food and Health: Science, Technology, and Products

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YEAST BREADS MADE WITH BARLEY FLOUR 153<br />

A research group in India (Gujral et al. 2003) incorporated roller-milled barley<br />

flour into bread dough at 10 <strong>and</strong> 20%, together with wet gluten <strong>and</strong> ascorbic acid<br />

at two levels, in an attempt to overcome the gluten-diluting effect of barley on<br />

volume. At the 20% barley flour level, with 15% wet gluten <strong>and</strong> 20 ppm ascorbic<br />

acid, bread texture <strong>and</strong> volume were near those of control wheat bread. In<br />

addition, the additives gluten <strong>and</strong> ascorbic acid had an antistaling effect. The<br />

three ingredients in combination had a synergistic effect on bread quality factors.<br />

Dhingra <strong>and</strong> Jood (2004) roller-milled Dolma hulless barley, then blended<br />

this flour 50 : 50 with full-fat <strong>and</strong> defatted soy flour. Those 50 : 50 supplemented<br />

blends were incorporated into wheat flour at 5, 10, 15, <strong>and</strong> 20% levels <strong>for</strong> production<br />

of breads. These researchers evaluated the breads <strong>for</strong> physicochemical<br />

characteristics, nutritional composition, <strong>and</strong> organoleptic factors. The gluten content<br />

<strong>and</strong> sedimentation value of flour blends decreased <strong>and</strong> water absorption<br />

capacity increased with increases in the level of supplementary flour. All of<br />

the breads supplemented at the 20% level were nutritionally superior to control<br />

wheat bread in protein, dietary fiber, <strong>and</strong> lysine, but did not score as well by<br />

taste panels. The authors concluded that inclusion of 15% barley flour or either<br />

of the barley–soy blends produced acceptable breads with significant nutritional<br />

enhancement. Czubaszek et al. (2005) compared breads made from three spring<br />

<strong>and</strong> three winter barley cultivars grown in Pol<strong>and</strong> over two years’ harvests.<br />

The environment influenced protein content, dough properties, <strong>and</strong> bread quality.<br />

Pastes of winter cultivars were of higher viscosity than those of spring cultivars,<br />

<strong>and</strong> cultivar differences were measured in dough development time <strong>and</strong> speed<br />

of softening. Bread quality improved when wheat gluten, dry skim milk, <strong>and</strong><br />

margarine were added to bread <strong>for</strong>mulas.<br />

In Australia, a new hulless barley cultivar with high-amylose starch, Himalaya<br />

292 (later renamed <strong>Barley</strong>Max), <strong>and</strong> two other barley cultivars were milled into<br />

flour <strong>and</strong> evaluated <strong>for</strong> breadmaking quality (Mann et al. 2005). Himalaya 292<br />

is unique <strong>for</strong> its high levels of β-glucan (9.7%), protein (16.4%), <strong>and</strong> amylose<br />

(81.6%). The other two cultivars in this study were consistent with st<strong>and</strong>ard barley<br />

starch composition, about 25% amylose. Admixtures of wheat flour <strong>and</strong> barley<br />

flour were prepared in wheat–barley ratios of 80 : 20, 60 : 40, 50 : 50, 40 : 60, <strong>and</strong><br />

20 : 80. Himalaya 292 was used in the admixtures as whole-meal flour rather than<br />

as a roller-milled flour, due to insufficient flour yield from the material available.<br />

The effects of barley addition on the rheological properties of the doughs varied<br />

among cultivars. Himalaya 292 dough had increased strength but reduced extensibility,<br />

whereas doughs of the other two barleys had both reduced strength <strong>and</strong><br />

extensibility. Optimum water absorption values determined by the Micro Z-arm<br />

micromixer also varied between doughs, with Himalaya 292 having a significantly<br />

higher value than those of the other barleys. Because of its unusual starch<br />

character, together with high fiber <strong>and</strong> protein contents, this barley has unique<br />

functional characteristics. Consequently, these researchers compared three different<br />

wheat flours <strong>for</strong> suitability <strong>for</strong> a wheat–barley blend to produce good-quality<br />

bread. A statistical method that uses combinations of a set of variables to derive<br />

new variables, called principal components, was utilized to define parameters

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