Revista de tecnología y procesamiento de alimentos

Abstracto

Optimization of Production of Bread Enriched With Leafy Vegetable Powder

Famuwagun AA, Taiwo KA, Gbadamosi SO and Oyedele DJ

Box-Behnken design was used to study the effect of level of inclusion of dried leafy vegetable powder, mixing time and proofing time, on the weight, volume and specific volume of bread made from composite flour. Data obtained were evaluated using regression analysis. The study revealed all the parameters studied were significant in producing high quality vegetable powder enriched bread. The coefficient determination (R²) was good for the second-order quadratic model. The study found out those combinations of the parameters; level of vegetable inclusion; 3.65%, proofing time: 90.6 minutes and mixing time: 4.04 minutes were the optimal conditions for the productions of high quality bread enriched with vegetable powder. The study further confirmed through additional analysis that the model is adequate to optimize the process.