EFFECT OF PROCESSING AND ENRICHMENT OF YELLOW MAIZE GRITS WITH LEGUMES ON THE PRODUCED EX- TRUDATES II. PHYSICAL AND SENSORY EVALUATION

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Food Technology Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

Blends from yellow corn grits with 5%, 10% and 1 5% of germi­nated and ungerminated legumes were extruded. The legumes included faba bean, lupin, kidney bean, chick pea, lentil and fenugreek. The senso­ry evaluation of the extrudate showed a great acceptability when chick pea was added as germinated or ungerminated up to 15%. The physical chracters showed that water absorbtion index (WAI) increased as le­gumes addition increased, while water solubility index (INS) showed a re­verse trend. The expansion ratio (ER) showed a highest value in case of 5% addition of ungerminated chick pea.