RESEARCH ARTICLE The impact of using chickpea flour and dried carp fish powder on pizza quality Hossam S. El-Beltagi1*, Naglaa A. El-Senousi2, Zeinab A. Ali3, Azza A. Omran3 1 Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, 2 Department of Meat and Fish Technology Research, Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt, 3 Department of Crops Technology Research, Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt *
[email protected] a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 Abstract a1111111111 a1111111111 Pizza being the most popular food worldwide, quality and sensory appeal are important con- siderations during its modification effort. This study was aimed to evaluate the quality of pizza made using two different sources of proteins, chickpea (Cicer arietinum) flour and dried carp fish powder (Cyprinus carpio). Analysis indicated nutrients richness specificity of OPEN ACCESS chickpea flour (higher fiber, energy, iron, zinc, linoleic acid and total nonessential amino Citation: El-Beltagi HS, El-Senousi NA, Ali ZA, acids) and dried carp fish powder (higher contents of protein, fats, ash, oleic acid and total Omran AA (2017) The impact of using chickpea essential amino acids) complementing wheat flour to enhance nutritional value of pizza. flour and dried carp fish powder on pizza quality. Total plate count and thiobarbituric acid were increased (P<0.05) in dried carp fish powder PLoS ONE 12(9): e0183657. https://doi.org/ after 45 days of storage, but no Coliform were detected. Wheat flour was substituted with 5, 10.1371/journal.pone.0183657 7.5 and 10% chickpea flour or dried carp fish powder and chemical, textural, sensory and Editor: Sanjay B Jadhao, International Nutrition Inc, storage evaluation parameters of in pizza were investigated.