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T1 Ripe banana flour as a source of antioxidants in layer and sponge cakes
A1 Segundo, Cristina
A1 Roman Rivas, Laura
A1 Lobo, Manuel
A1 Martínez Martínez, Mario
A1 Gómez Pallarés, Manuel
AB About one-fifth of all bananas harvested become culls that are normally disposed of improperly. However, ripe banana pulp contains significant amounts of fibre and polyphenol compounds as well as a high content of simple sugars (61.06g/100g), making it suitable for sucrose replacement in bakery products. This work studied the feasibility of incorporating ripe banana flour (20 and 40% of replacement) in cake formulation. Physical, nutritional and sensory attributes of sponge and layer cakes were evaluated. The inclusion of ripe banana flour generally led to an increased batter consistency that hindered cake expansion, resulting in a slightly lower specific volume and higher hardness. This effect was minimised in layer cakes where differences in volume were only evident with the higher level of replacement. The lower volume and higher hardness contributed to the decline of the acceptability observed in the sensory test. Unlike physical attributes, the banana flour inclusion significantly improved the nutritional properties of the cakes, bringing about an enhancement in dietary fibre, polyphenols and antioxidant capacity (up to a threefold improvement in antioxidant capacity performance). Therefore, results showed that sugar replacement by ripe banana flour enhanced the nutritional properties of cakes, but attention should be paid to its inclusion level.
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27717
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/27717
LA eng
NO Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, 72:365-371
DS UVaDOC
RD 22-nov-2024