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Traditional and novel foods from indigenous flours: Nutritional quality, glycemic response, and potential use in food industry
Author(s) -
Senavirathna Rathnabahu Mudiyanselage Indika Sanjeewa Kumara,
Ekanayake Sagarika,
Jansz Eroll Radcliff
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.201500175
Subject(s) - glycemic index , food science , glycemic , glycemic load , dietary fiber , starch , medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , insulin
Starchy plant sources traditionally utilized for preparing breakfast foods are currently vastly underutilized. The present study investigated the proximate composition, glycemic index (GI), and factors affecting the GI of breakfast foods such as roti, pittu , porridge, and a novel food, muffin made with flour from some such underutilized plant sources. The glycemic responses were estimated according to FAO/WHO guidelines. Non‐diabetic apparently healthy individuals aged 22–30 years (n = 10) participated in the study. The crude protein in foods ranged from 1.2 to 8.0 g/100g fresh weight (FW) basis. Muffin made with Caryota urens flour had the highest fat content with other foods having fat above 6 g/100 g FW except for C. urens porridge. Insoluble (IDF) and soluble (SDF) dietary fiber contents in foods were low, ranging from 1.2 to 5.7 g/100 g FW and 0.8 to 3.0 g/100 g FW, respectively. Roti made with C. urens , Cycas circinalis , and pittu made with Vateria copallifera were categorized as low GI foods (relative to white bread), with corresponding GI ± standard error of the mean values of 57 ± 4, 66 ± 6, and 67 ± 7, respectively. C. circinalis pittu elicited a medium GI (72 ± 4), whereas C. urens porridge and muffin elicited a high GI (92 ± 9 and 128 ± 11), respectively. If not counteracted by factors such as high fiber or protein, wet processing elicited higher glycemic responses. The starch granular structures and molecular weight distribution patterns correlated with corresponding GI values obtained in this study. The data prove that the traditional flour sources elicit health benefits and could be utilized in food preparation as a substitute for wheat and rice flour.