Nadia Florencia Nagai , Lucas Marchetti , Gabriel Lorenzo , Silvina Cecilia Andrés
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Abstract
Hybrid meat products are gaining popularity as consumers seek to reduce meat intake. This study evaluates the impact of substituting meat with raw (R-), soaked (S-), and soaked & cooked (SC-) bean flour (BF) at two levels (8 and 15 g/100 g) on the batter properties and the physicochemical, techno-functional, textural, and microstructural qualities of sausages. Higher flour levels increased batter firmness, cohesiveness, and consistency, leading to sausages with greater hardness and adhesiveness. R-BF sausages exhibited the highest yields, water-holding capacities, flavonoid contents, and antioxidant activities. SC-BF formulations had lower cohesiveness and trypsin inhibitor levels, producing sausages with a more open, rough structure, likely due to the pregelatinized starch. These structural changes correlated with lower chewiness and springiness.
These findings indicate that bean flours, have the potential as techno-functional ingredients in hybrid sausages, offering a viable option for consumers in search of reducing their meat intake while maintaining desirable physicochemical properties and enhancing nutritional benefits.
期刊介绍:
International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science is a peer-reviewed journal that explicitly focuses on the interface of food science and gastronomy. Articles focusing only on food science will not be considered. This journal equally encourages both scientists and chefs to publish original scientific papers, review articles and original culinary works. We seek articles with clear evidence of this interaction. From a scientific perspective, this publication aims to become the home for research from the whole community of food science and gastronomy.
IJGFS explores all aspects related to the growing field of the interaction of gastronomy and food science, in areas such as food chemistry, food technology and culinary techniques, food microbiology, genetics, sensory science, neuroscience, psychology, culinary concepts, culinary trends, and gastronomic experience (all the elements that contribute to the appreciation and enjoyment of the meal. Also relevant is research on science-based educational programs in gastronomy, anthropology, gastronomic history and food sociology. All these areas of knowledge are crucial to gastronomy, as they contribute to a better understanding of this broad term and its practical implications for science and society.