TY - JOUR AU - U. K, Veena AU - D, Shobha AU - Joshi, Neena AU - M. B, Darshan AU - P.S, Benherlal PY - 2022/06/09 Y2 - 2024/03/19 TI - Spirulina enriched gluten free quality protein maize (QPM) pasta as functional food JF - Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture JA - Emir J Food Agric VL - 34 IS - 4 SE - Research Article DO - 10.9755/ejfa.2022.v34.i4.2853 UR - https://www.ejfa.me/index.php/journal/article/view/2853 SP - AB - <p>The gluten-free Quality Protein Maize (QPM) and pasta made from such grains would have far-reaching implications for achieving nutritional <br>stability. As a result, the aim of this study was to see whether QPM combined with legume flours could be used to make gluten-free <br>pasta (pasta without gluten protein). Furthermore, the effect of adding legume flours and spirulina to QPM pasta (2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 %) on <br>color, appearance, cooking, physical, nutritional and sensory quality was examined. The best-accepted combination of QPM (QPM flour <br>60 %, black gram flour 30 %, defatted soy flour 8 %, and guar gum 2 %-Q) and QPM pasta enriched with spirulina (QPM flour 60 %, <br>black gram flour 30 %, Spirulina 6 %, defatted soy flour 2 % and guar gum 2 % -S) were compared to the control (100 % whole wheat <br>flour-C). The functional and cooking parameters such as bulk density (0.54 kg/m3), swelling index (1.3 g/g), and cooked weight (11.0 g) of <br>the spirulina pasta were slightly higher with a reasonable cooking loss of 7.6 %. The nutrients such as protein (21.6 %), calcium (44 mg <br>%), iron (8.6 mg %), lysine (3.1 g/100g protein), and tryptophan (0.81 g/100g protein) were reported in the dietary composition of QPM <br>pasta enriched with 6 % spirulina (S). Further addition of spirulina resulted in 16-fold increase in the carotenoid content</p> ER -