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Physico-Chemical, Rheological and Baking Properties of Proso Millet University of Kentucky UKnowledge Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering 2016 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL, RHEOLOGICAL AND BAKING PROPERTIES OF PROSO MILLET Manjot Singh University of Kentucky, [email protected] Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.13023/ETD.2016.508 Right click to open a feedback form in a new tab to let us know how this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Singh, Manjot, "PHYSICO-CHEMICAL, RHEOLOGICAL AND BAKING PROPERTIES OF PROSO MILLET" (2016). Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering. 48. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/bae_etds/48 This Master's Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at UKnowledge. It has been accepted for inclusion in Theses and Dissertations--Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering by an authorized administrator of UKnowledge. For more information, please contact [email protected]. STUDENT AGREEMENT: I represent that my thesis or dissertation and abstract are my original work. Proper attribution has been given to all outside sources. I understand that I am solely responsible for obtaining any needed copyright permissions. I have obtained needed written permission statement(s) from the owner(s) of each third-party copyrighted matter to be included in my work, allowing electronic distribution (if such use is not permitted by the fair use doctrine) which will be submitted to UKnowledge as Additional File. I hereby grant to The University of Kentucky and its agents the irrevocable, non-exclusive, and royalty-free license to archive and make accessible my work in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I agree that the document mentioned above may be made available immediately for worldwide access unless an embargo applies. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of my work. I understand that I am free to register the copyright to my work. REVIEW, APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE The document mentioned above has been reviewed and accepted by the student’s advisor, on behalf of the advisory committee, and by the Director of Graduate Studies (DGS), on behalf of the program; we verify that this is the final, approved version of the student’s thesis including all changes required by the advisory committee. The undersigned agree to abide by the statements above. Manjot Singh, Student Dr. Akinbode A. Adedeji, Major Professor Dr. Donald Colliver, Director of Graduate Studies PHYSICO-CHEMICAL, RHEOLOGICAL AND BAKING PROPERTIES OF PROSO MILLET THESIS A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering in the College of Engineering at the University of Kentucky By Manjot Singh Lexington, Kentucky Co-Director: Dr. Akinbode A. Adedeji, Assistant Professor of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering and Dr. Michael Montross, Professor of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Lexington, Kentucky 2016 Copyright © Manjot Singh 2016 ABSTRACT OF THESIS PHYSICO-CHEMICAL, RHEOLOGICAL AND BAKING PROPERTIES OF PROSO MILLET Due to climate change, water scarcity, increasing population and rising food prices, agriculture and food security has been affected worldwide. Cereal grains being a major part of world food supply also act as important energy source in human diet. In order to counter food insecurity, alternative grains are being explored, and millet being drought-resistant has the potential to serve as an alternative grain due to its comparable nutritional composition with other major cereals and its gluten free proteins. The evidence that gluten sensitivity is one of the increasing food intolerances is driving an increasing demand for gluten-free foods. However, gluten is a structure building protein essential for optimum dough development. Therefore, obtaining high-quality gluten-free bread (GFB) is a technological challenge. Due to lack of research about proso millet, this study investigates the physical properties of nine different cultivars to help in equipment design and significant difference was observed in dimensions, sphericity, volume, surface area, bulk density, porosity and angle of repose. This study also focused on characterization of proso millet starch and effect of acid and hydrothermal modification on native starch was observed. We were also interested in determining the rheological properties of millet based gluten free formulation with different hydrocolloids, and the quality attributes of bread made from them. Dough undergoes deformation during preparatory processes which was evaluated with the application of rheology. And the final baking parameters such as bread volume, texture, color allowed correlation between rheological and baking performance. This study has helped us to better understand millet potential in different industries including starch and bakery and in designing equipment and storage structures. KEYWORDS: Proso millet, Gluten free, Physical Properties, Baking, Rheology, Starch Manjot Singh 14-Nov-16 PHYSICO-CHEMICAL, RHEOLOGICAL AND BAKING PROPERTIES OF PROSO MILLET BY Manjot Singh Dr. Akinbode A. Adedeji Co-Director of Thesis Dr. Michael Montross Co-Director of Thesis Dr. Donald Colliver Director of Graduate Studies 14-Nov-16 Dedication I dedicate this thesis to my family for their continued love and support. Acknowledgement I want to thank Dr. Akinbode A. Adedeji for serving as my major advisor during the last two years of my graduate study at University of Kentucky (UK). During this period, I have learned many valuable technical and management skills from him, which I believe will help me to succeed as a researcher. He nurtured me academically, helped me explore my interest beyond my research area, and encouraged me to accomplish my work independently. I am grateful to Dr. Michael Montross and Dr. Paul P. Vijayakumar for offering generous help and support as members of my advisory committee, and for reviewing my thesis and offering constructive criticisms. I appreciate Dr. Dipak Santra, Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska Lincoln for providing millet cultivars. I thank Dr. Ahmed Rady, Post-doctoral fellow in the Food Engineering lab at UK, for his assistance and support whenever I needed it and other fellow graduate students Francis Agbali, Joseph Woomer and Yaritza Sanchez for their support in lab. I would also like to thank Winda, a summer intern from Indonesia and Bradley Ballard, undergraduate student, for their help in conducting some of the experiments. I would also like to thank my parents, Shri Jagdeep Singh and Smt. Balwinder Kaur, and my extended family, for their love and encouragement throughout my life. iii Table of Contents ABSTRACT OF THESIS .................................................................................................................. ii Dedication ................................................................................................................................. iv Acknowledgement ..................................................................................................................... iii 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 1.1. Hypothesis ................................................................................................................... 2 1.2. Problem Statement ..................................................................................................... 2 2. General literature review .................................................................................................... 5 2.1. Physical properties of millet ......................................................................................... 5 2.2. Starch .......................................................................................................................... 7 2.2.1. Hydrothermal treatment (HMT) ........................................................................... 9 2.2.2. Acid modification (AM) ...................................................................................... 10 2.3. Rheology and baking properties of gluten free breads ............................................... 12 2.3.1. Role of hydrocolloids in gluten free baking ......................................................... 12 2.3.2. Role of Starch in Bread-making .......................................................................... 15 2.3.3. Effect of rheological properties on baking .......................................................... 18 3. Physical and functional properties of nine proso millet cultivars ........................................ 21 3.1. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 21 3.2. Materials and methods- ............................................................................................. 23 3.2.1. Raw materials .................................................................................................... 23 3.2.2. Proximate analysis ............................................................................................. 23 3.2.3. Grain’s physical properties ................................................................................. 24 3.2.4. Bulk Density and True density ...........................................................................
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