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The study aimed to determine the free sugar and total phenolic contents (TPC), and in vitro antioxidant activity in different wheat and barley malt flour. Thirty malt flour samples were prepared from wheat cultivars Lorena and Snaša, and malting barley Tristan, feed barley Zlatko, hull-less barley Osvit, and Mandatar, during different periods of germination from 1 to 4 days. The identified sugars in the samples were maltose, glucose (Glc), and sucrose, but fructose (Fru) and isomaltose were found in trace amounts. The maltose content was the highest, reaching up to 8.6 % among the detected sugars. The Glc content ranged between 1.0 % and 4.4 %, and sucrose was from 0.6 to 4.3 %. The samples Tristan (14.9 %) and Osvit (13.5 %) were characterized by the highest total free sugar content. Snaša flour contained high comparable amounts of soluble sugars (11.6 - 8.1 %) at 0 - 96 h of germination. The TPC and in vitro DPPH radical scavenging activity increased during germination, as they were higher in barley varieties than in wheat ones. Wheat and barley malt flour can be combined to increase the amounts of fermentable sugars and antioxidants to create bakery products, sourdoughs, craft beers, functional and dietary foods, and fermented drinks.

In this work, the malting process of lentil seeds (Lens culinaris) was set-up to minimize their anti-nutrient content. The first (water steeping) and second (germination) process steps were studied in a 1.2-kg bench-top plant at 25 ℃. After 2-h steeping about 98.8% of seeds sprouted. As the germination process was prolonged for 72 h, the flatulence-inducing raffinose or phytic acid content was reduced by 94% or 63%, respectively. The third process step (kilning), carried out under fluent dry air at 50 ℃ for 48 h and at 75 ℃ for 3 h, gave rise to a gold metallic yellow-lentil malt, the cotyledons of which were cyclonically recovered and finally milled. The resulting decorticated yellow-lentil malt flour was used to prepare a fresh egg pasta high in raw protein (28±2 g/100 g), low in phytate (0.46±0.03 g/100 g) and in vitro glycemic index (38%), and approximately zero oligosaccharides. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Featured Application: The modified method provides a viable and practical tool for evaluating α-amylase activity in malt flour and has the potential to become an important tool in the brewing and distilling industry to facilitate daily monitoring of the malting process. The Falling Number (FN) test is not suitable for the determination of α-amylase activity in malt flour because the amylolytic activity is too high to be determined by the FN instrument. The aim of this study was to modify the FN method to allow quantification of high α-amylase activity in malt flour. The modifications were performed in two ways: using different amounts of malt flour (0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 g) or by using malt extracts (0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mL). In both cases, 6 g of standard wheat starch was used as substrate. The results of the modified methods were compared with the α-amylase activity determined by the standard Ceralpha method. Linear and nonlinear exponential regression was used to calculate the predicted amylase activity, and Bland-Altman analysis was used to measure the agreement between standard and modified methods. The modifications of the FN method using 0.1 g of malt flour showed that the modified method was able to accurately measure high levels of α-amylase activity in malt flour, and the results obtained by the modified method were in agreement with the results obtained by the standard Ceralpha method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Today various sweeteners are competing with sucrose in food market. They are creating acceptable sweetness and preserving technological and sensory properties of the product. In this study enzymatic sorghum malt use as sucrose replacer in gluten-free rice cake production. For this purpose, moisture, specific volume, porosity, crust color values, firmness and sensory properties were evaluated. The results showed that with increasing substitution of sucrose by enzymatic sorghum malt, moisture content and a* increased. However, falling the moisture content in sample containing malt flour were lower than control during the storage (1week) was with the lapse of time a week after bake a cake, malt flour contains less moisture loss in samples from the control samples. The results also showed enzymatic sorghum malt increased the softness of texture and able to prevent hardening of the texture during storage. In addition, the results indicated that the sample that 40% sucrose had been replaced with malt flour had the highest porosity, specific volume and L* value. Also this sample was equal in sweetness to control and the judges taste the sample was superior in other features. Thus, according to the results we can say that an enzymatic sorghum malt can be used as a natural sweetener, especially in celiac disease is needed products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To study the effect of malt flour and ascorbic acid addition on the quality of bread baking， the sensory score， texture and c-cell product image changes of the breads with malt flour and ascorbic acid addition were studied by using 29 representative samples from two major wheat producing provinces of henan and shandong. The results showed that， the volume， the volume score， the appearance score and the final comprehensive score of bread were significantly improved after the addition of malt flour and ascorbic acid. The bread crown became larger and the neck became more prominent; however， the color， texture and texture structure of bread scores changes were not obvious. In the analysis of texture， the hardness and toughness decreased significantly， the attenuation ratio did not change obviously. The slice area， slice circumference， cell number and cell density of bread increased significantly in the analysis of c-cell results.The slice brightness and cell diameter of the slices decreased significantly. There is a correlation between the instrument evaluation index and some parameters in the bread sensory evaluation.

The Falling Number (FN) test is not suitable for the determination of α-amylase activity in malt flour because the amylolytic activity is too high to be determined by the FN instrument. The aim of this study was to modify the FN method to allow quantification of high α-amylase activity in malt flour. The modifications were performed in two ways: using different amounts of malt flour (0.05, 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 g) or by using malt extracts (0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 mL). In both cases, 6 g of standard wheat starch was used as substrate. The results of the modified methods were compared with the α-amylase activity determined by the standard Ceralpha method. Linear and nonlinear exponential regression was used to calculate the predicted amylase activity, and Bland-Altman analysis was used to measure the agreement between standard and modified methods. The modifications of the FN method using 0.1 g of malt flour showed that the modified method was able to accurately measure high levels of α-amylase activity in malt flour, and the results obtained by the modified method were in agreement with the results obtained by the standard Ceralpha method.

Our work consists of studying the improvement of the bread-making quality of soft wheat flour by using a natural product, malt flour, to enhance its value as an intermediate product, by examining its influence on the biochemical, nutritional, technological and organoleptic behavior of the finished product. The chemical composition of bread flours (you have only studied soft wheat flour) with added malt flour (water, fat, protein, ash, starch content) as well as the technological and functional properties (gluten, falling number, Zeleny, CHOPIN alveograph) were thus determined. The study showed that the incorporation of malt flour into wheat flour provides more mineral salts, fat and starch and a decrease in the sedimentation index, amylase activity, swelling index "G" and deformation work "W" and an increase in tenacity "P". The breads obtained had a good volume, a good crumb texture, a fine crust and a good taste, especially for flours with 1% and 2% malt added, comparable to the control bread. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The effects of various plant origin materials such as defatted Cephalaria syriaca flour (0.5%), rosehip (2.5%), vital gluten (2.5%), and malt flour (2%), and their combination on the quality of whole wheat bread were investigated. The plant origin materials used showed significant effects on the specific volume, acidity, colour, and textural properties of whole wheat bread. In general the acidity, specific volume, cohesiveness, and springiness values of whole wheat bread produced by treatments with plant origin materials were higher than those of the control bread. Treatment 13 (2% malt flour + 0.5% defatted Cephalaria syriaca flour + 2.5% vital gluten) resulted in the highest specific volume and the lowest 1st day crumb firmness. The results showed that the quality of whole wheat bread could be improved by adding various plant origin materials.

The bread-making quality of forty three wheat flour samples, divided into two groups according to the ash content (up to 0.6% and 0.7%), and its changes by fortification with malt flour were studied in the form of fermented dough. Standard analytical measurements (ash and protein contents, wet gluten, falling number, Zeleny sedimentation value), rheological investigations (amylograph, maturograph, oven rise recorder), and laboratory baking test were used for the characterisation of flour and dough. The influence of the malt flour addition on the fermented dough behaviour depends on the flour composition and was found more significant in flours with a lower ash content ("bright" type). Amylograph characteristics of flour-water suspensions were affected in the same extent by the malt addition. Maturograph behaviour changed significantly only in proofing stability (without influence by the flour type) and dough firmness was affected by malt only in the case of flours with lower ash contents. Oven rise characteristics of dough and the specific bread volume showed important changes in both sets of samples with significant differences between flours with lower and higher ash contents. A strong correlation (r = 0.62-0.75) significant at 0.01 level exists between the specific bread volume and all oven rise parameters of dough from both sets of samples.

The effects of various plant origin materials such as defatted Cephalaria syriaca flour (0.5%), rosehip (2.5%), vital gluten (2.5%), and malt flour (2%), and their combination on the quality of whole wheat bread were investigated. The plant origin materials used showed significant effects on the specific volume, acidity, colour, and textural properties of whole wheat bread. In general the acidity, specific volume, cohesiveness, and springiness values of whole wheat bread produced by treatments with plant origin materials were higher than those of the control bread. Treatment 13 (2% malt flour + 0.5% defatted Cephalaria syriaca flour + 2.5% vital gluten) resulted in the highest specific volume and the lowest 1st day crumb firmness. The results showed that the quality of whole wheat bread could be improved by adding various plant origin materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this research, the effects of different materials such as defatted Cephalaria syriaca flour (0.5%), rosehip (2.5%), vital gluten (2.5%) and malt flour (2%), and their combinations on the quality of organic whole wheat flour were investigated. The highest maximum resistance value was obtained in the treatment containing 0.5% cephalaria and 2.5% rosehip. The addition of malt flour and vital gluten significantly increased the extensibility value. Although rosehip, cephalaria and vital gluten generally increased the dough energy, malt flour decreased the dough energy when compared to the control. The combination of 0.5% cephalaria and 2.5% rosehip significantly decreased the adhesion and stringiness of dough. Data showed that dough rheological characteristics of organic whole wheat flour could be improved with the addition of different materials such as malt flour, cephalaria, rosehip and vital gluten. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]