title: Effect of durum wheat cultivars on physico-chemical and sensory properties of spaghetti.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mixtures of different cultivars provide semolina with proper processing properties but not always good nutritional properties. In this study, the effects of mono-varietal cultivars of durum wheat on pasta quality were evaluated in order to find a good balance between nutritional and sensory properties of the final product.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Durum wheat spaghetti was manufactured using semolina from six mono-varietal cultivars. A commercially available semolina mixture was also used to produce a control pasta sample. Instrumental (i.e. rheological and texture analysis), sensory (i.e. elasticity, firmness, adhesiveness) and nutritional (i.e. protein, ash and fibre content, glycaemic index) analyses were carried out. Results highlighted differences between selected cultivars. In particular, spaghetti obtained with Anco Marzio and Cappelli semolina (modern and old cultivars, respectively) showed the highest protein content and the lowest cooking loss, compared with the other samples.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Spaghetti made with Cappelli semolina showed the lowest adhesiveness and the highest hardness; it recorded the best overall quality and presented the lowest glycaemic response. Hence, durum wheat pasta with a good balance between nutritional and cooking quality could be obtained from semolina based on mono-varietal cultivars. © 2013 Society of Chemical Industry.
authors: Department of Agricultural Sciences, Food and Environment, University of Foggia, via Napoli 25, 71122, Foggia, Italy.
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Padalino
authors: Marcella
authors: M
authors: Mastromatteo
authors: Lucia
authors: L
authors: Lecce
authors: Sara
authors: S
authors: Spinelli
authors: Francesco
authors: F
authors: Contò
authors: Matteo Alessandro
authors: MA
authors: Del Nobile
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior; D003296:Cooking; D004032:Diet; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000032:analysis*; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D004548:Elasticity; D005433:Flour / Q000032:analysis* / Q000592:standards; D038321:Glycemic Index; D006244:Hardness; D006801:Humans; D009753:Nutritive Value; D012212:Rheology; D013045:Species Specificity; D014908:Triticum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification
chemical_list: D004043:Dietary Fiber; D004044:Dietary Proteins
keywords: cooking quality; durum wheat; glycaemic index; nutritional properties; sensorial properties