RESUMO
BACKGROUND: Staling of maize tortillas is a major drawback affecting their manufacture, commercialization and consumption. The development of methods that may help retard staling of maize tortillas is an ongoing research topic. In this work, a novel, simple, economic and effective method is proposed, based on adding completely gelatinized nixtamalized maize flour (GMF) dispersion to the basic masa formulation recipe (water, 600 g kg-1 ; nixtamalized maize flour, 400 g kg-1 ) in substitution of 50, 100 and 150 g kg-1 of water. RESULTS: Masa added with GMF showed increased water retention capacity, reduced freezable water content and improved flow and dynamic rheological properties and produced tortillas with decreased firmness. The infrared 1047/1022 cm-1 spectral ratio indicated that a more disordered starch granule arrangement was formed, while enthalpy peaks associated with starch retrogradation decreased. All the above indicators were more pronounced the higher was the GMF content. CONCLUSION: This work showed that GMF can play the role of a self-hydrocolloid anti-staling agent by retarding the retrogradation of maize starch and deterring the loss of water and rheological properties of masa and the increase in undesirable sensory characteristics of tortilla such as increased firmness. © 2018 Society of Chemical Industry.
Assuntos
Pão/análise , Farinha/análise , Manipulação de Alimentos/ética , Manipulação de Alimentos/métodos , Zea mays/química , Humanos , Reologia , Amido/análise , Paladar , Água/análiseRESUMO
Durante el tratamiento del niño con cáncer las dificultades que se presentan en la alimentación son variadas. El cáncer en niños, puede acompañarse de desnutrición que puede ser asociada a la naturaleza de la enfermedad y/o como consecuencia de su tratamiento. Dentro de los objetivos en la manipulación de los alimentos se incluye varios aspectos como son los de evitar la contaminación y el control en el consumo. Se deben hacer algunas recomendaciones en cuanto a la compra, almacenamiento, preparación y consumo de los alimentos.
During the treatment of children with cáncer are varied difficulties that arise in their diet. Cancer in children, is a group of diseases that are different from one another, may be associated with manlnutrition associated with the nature of the disease and/or following treatment. The targets in the food handling of children with cáncer include avoiding food contamination and control its management. It should make recommendations regarding the purchase, storage, preparation and consumption of food.