"BAKING STRENGTH INDEX" AND THE RELATION OF PROTEIN CONTENT TO LOAF VOLUME

1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. H. TIPPLES ◽  
R. H. KTLBORN

The "Baking Strength Index" (BSI) is a protein quality parameter that expresses loaf volume, by the Remix baking method, as a percentage of the volume normally expected for Canadian hard red spring wheat flour of the same protein content. Under Canada’s new protein segregation grading system, protein quality assumes more significance, as previously overall baking quality was affected by both protein quantity and protein quality.

1931 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-420
Author(s):  
R. K. Larmour ◽  
F. D. Machon

A rapid method for gas bleaching small samples has been described. A series of eight flours of varying protein content was prepared and divided into six subseries. One of these was used as a check; three were bleached with 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5 oz. Betachlor per barrel respectively and the remaining two were treated with 0.36 and 0.72 oz. Novadel per barrel respectively. The forty-eight samples thus obtained were baked one day after treatment and again after storing for one month.Novadel gives a good bleach but has little if any maturing effect. Betachlor is somewhat poorer than Novadel in bleaching effect but it matures the flour. The maturing effect on weak flours is slight but with high protein flours it increases with increasing dosages. This reaction seems to be dependent to some extent on the quantity of protein present.Unbleached flour baked with addition of potassium bromate gives practically the same result as chlorine-bleached flour baked by the simple formula. Aging causes further improvement in quality of chlorine-bleached flours but not so much as in unbleached or Novadel-bleached flours. The color of the bleached samples improved with aging at almost the same rate as the unbleached samples. The blending quality of flours does not appear to improve as a result of bleaching. Both bleached and unbleached samples in this experiment when baked by the bromate formula in a blend with soft flour, gave practically the same results with respect to loaf volume, texture, and appearance, and only a slight inferiority of the unbleached in color score.


1935 ◽  
Vol 13c (2) ◽  
pp. 79-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. S. Aamodt ◽  
J. H. Torrie

The gray wooded soils found at Fallis, Alberta, provided a satisfactory means of obtaining a differentiation in kernel texture in hard red spring wheats. Correlation studies showed that the varieties behaved more or less similarly from year to year in kernel texture, protein content and loaf volume, but not in partial baking score. Kernel texture was indicated as being a better measure of partial baking score than protein content, while the latter was the better index of loaf volume. A close relation was found between the kernel texture of the varieties grown at Fallis and both the partial baking score and loaf volume of the same varieties grown at Edmonton. In the case of protein content determined on the Fallis material no such relation was obtained. The wheat-meal fermentation test was found to be of little value in differentiating between the baking quality of hard red spring wheat varieties.


1987 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-712 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. E. DEXTER ◽  
K. R. PRESTON ◽  
L. A. COOKE ◽  
B. C. MORGAN ◽  
J. E. KRUGER ◽  
...  

Orange wheat blossom midge damage can impart serious loss of quality to Canadian hard red spring wheat. The extent of wheat quality deterioration is highly variable and not well related to degree of visual midge damage. Midge-damaged hard red spring wheat exhibits very high protein content, reduced flour yield, dark flour color, increased flour ash, weak sticky dough properties, low baking absorption and poor bread quality. Midge-damaged wheat contains normal levels of α-amylase and proteolytic enzymes. Severely midge-damaged wheat exhibits inferior gluten protein quality, but the cause remains obscure. The poor baking quality of severely midge-damaged wheat is associated with an unusually low sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) sedimentation volume. Samples with visual evidence of midge damage can be rapidly screened for quality defects on the basis of protein content and SDS-sedimentation volume. Aerial applications of Cygon and Lorsban to fields of midge-infested hard red spring wheat significantly reduced visual midge damage, and significantly reduced the extent of wheat quality deterioration.Key words: Midge (orange wheat blossom), wheat (spring), insecticide treatment


1940 ◽  
Vol 18c (4) ◽  
pp. 111-121
Author(s):  
A. G. McCalla

Loaf volume obtained with the malt-phosphate-bromate formula (1 mg. of bromate per 100 gm. of flour) is highly correlated with wheat protein within any one variety of hard red spring wheat. The extremes of protein content studied were 8.0 and 20.0%, and there were few incidents of significant variation from linear correlation.The regression of loaf volume on protein varied enormously from one variety to another. The regression coefficient is just as much an inherent varietal characteristic as is yield or protein content.


1932 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. F. Geddes ◽  
J. G. Malloch ◽  
R. K. Larmour

Owing to limited rainfall following germination, combined with late heavy frosts, a large portion of the 1928 wheat crop of Western Canada contained many types of frost damage together with immature and green kernels. A survey of the crop was made in the three laboratories collaborating with the Associate Committee on Grain Research with the dual object of studying the Canadian grading system as applied to frosted wheat and of securing information on the relative effects of green, immature, and frosted kernels on milling and baking quality. The study is based on 228 samples grading from No. 1 Northern to No. 6.Physical examinations showed that the percentage of sound kernels progressively decreased with a decrease in grade, with a greater relative increase in the percentage of "heavy damage" in the lower grades. Test weight per bushel also decreased. Partial correlations showed that individually the various forms of damage had only a slight effect on reducing weight per bushel, heavily frosted and immature kernels having a greater influence than bran frosted kernels.On a regrading of the samples after storage over winter, 83.3% of the samples were unchanged in grade while 13.2% received a higher grade.The mean total flour yield decreased with grade, the variability in yield being much higher within the commercial grades. Owing to the tough and fibrous nature of the middlings there was approximately a 20% increase in the time required to mill a sample of No. 5 or No. 6 wheat as compared with the statutory grades. Bran frost, heavy frost, and immature kernels are negatively correlated with flour yield and are of approximately equal importance in their effects. Weight per measured bushel and the percentage of total sound kernels are the best single indices of flour yield.Baking quality was determined in the three laboratories using either a 55% patent or a straight grade flour and baking according to the simple, bromate, malt and blend formulas. While the simple formula gave incongruous results all the others revealed that the average baking quality as measured by loaf volume, crumb color and texture decreased with grade except in the instance of grade No. 4 which was superior to No. 3 Northern. Absorption markedly increased in the lower grades. The straight grade and patent flours gave the same relative results when baked by either the simple or the bromate formula.The average responses to the differential baking tests also decreased with wheat grade, the magnitude of the individual responses being correlated with protein content. Partial correlations calculated for the response to bromate showed that both protein content and percentage of sound kernels are positively correlated with this variable.The variability in baking quality within each grade increased with decreasing grade, owing in part to variations in the percentage of sound kernels, but chiefly to variations in protein content. Protein content of wheat is the best single measure of baking quality within each grade, but is not a reliable measure when comparisons are made between grades, owing to differences in protein quality. Partial correlations showed, as in the instance of milling quality, that the various classes of visible damage need not be considered individually with regard to their effects on baking quality.The results of this study indicate that weight per measured bushel and either the percentage of total sound or hard red vitreous kernels could be used to advantage as grading factors in the commercial grades. It is concluded that the grading system in use in 1928 was applied in an efficient manner and gave a satisfactory indication of the relative quality of the various grades with the exception of the anomalous relationship between No. 3 Northern and No. 4.The variability in baking quality within grades is excessively high, particularly in the lower grades. Although variations in protein content are chiefly responsible for the lack of uniformity within grades, some improvement may be effected by restricting the variability in the percentage of total sound or vitreous kernels allowable in the various grades. The revisions in the Canada Grain Act instituted in 1930 during the progress of the investigation, are in line with the results of this study and may be expected to bring about a greater uniformity in grade characteristics.


1978 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 923-927 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. BUSHUK ◽  
F. J. RODRIGUEZ-BORES ◽  
S. DUBETZ

Eleven samples of hard red spring wheat Triticum aestivum L. em Thell cv. Neepawa, selected from a fertilizer–irrigation study and ranging in protein content from 9.3 to 16.4%, were subjected to various breadmaking quality tests, protein solubility fractionation, amino acid composition analysis and gliadin electrophoresis analysis. Loaf volumes showed a decrease in breadmaking quality with increasing protein for samples at the top of the protein content range. Conversely, the Pelshenke and Zeleny Sedimentation values showed a reverse trend in the same region of protein content. Most of the decreasing rate of change in the loaf volume with protein content at the top of the protein range can be explained by the gradual change in solubility of the glutenin. The gradual decrease in the amount of damaged starch can make a small contribution to the observed loss of quality. Minor quantitative differences (slightly stronger stain intensity for a few bands) were observed in the gliadin electrophoregrams of samples of different protein content. There is no obvious explanation for the increasing rate of change in Pelshenke and Zeleny Sedimentation values with protein content at the top of the protein range.


1985 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
pp. 831-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. WATERER ◽  
L. E. EVANS

Comparisons were made between the yields and milling and baking properties of the Canadian hard red spring wheat cultivars Manitou, Glenlea, Neepawa, Benito and Columbus and the American cultivars Chris, Waldron, Butte, Coteau and Alex grown at six locations across Manitoba during 1982 and 1983. Glenlea consistently produced the highest grain yields but due to its low protein content performed poorly in the baking trials. Butte and Alex had good grain yields and excellent milling characteristics. Although they had low protein percentages their baking quality was excellent, indicating exceptional protein quality. Chris and Waldron had superior milling and baking characteristics but unacceptably low yields. Coteau appeared to be the best American cultivar tested, combining above-average yields with excellent milling and baking characteristics. Manitou and Neepawa had relatively low yields and only average milling and baking quality. Columbus appeared to be the best Canadian cultivar with acceptable grain yield, superior flour yield with excellent dough production and baking characteristics.Key words: Wheat quality, grain yields, milling quality, baking quality


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