In this study, the possibility of bread machine utilization as a quality control tool in the baking industry was investigated. The study showed that bread machines with an optimized formula could be successfully employed for determining flour quality in bread making. | Research Article Turk J Agric For 36 (2012) 608-618 © TÜBİTAK doi: Determination of the bread-making quality of flours using an automatic bread machine İsmail Sait DOĞAN1,*, Önder YILDIZ2, Burhan TAŞAN1 1 Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Architecture, Yüzüncü Yıl University, 65080 Van - TURKEY 2 Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Iğdır University, 76000 Iğdır - TURKEY Received: ● Accepted: Abstract: In this study, the possibility of bread machine utilization as a quality control tool in the baking industry was investigated. Three different flour samples (F1, F2, and F3) having different protein contents were obtained and then 12% wheat starch and 2% vital gluten were added to these flours to adjust protein ratios. The physicochemical and rheological properties of these flour combinations were analyzed. Specific volume, crumb grain attributes, crust and crumb color, and bread firmness in terms of compressibility (g) were measured. Specific volumes changed between and mL g–1 and between and mL g–1 for hearth and machine bread, respectively. Crumb firmness values of hearth bread made from F1, F2, and F3 flours were , , and g, whereas the mean firmness values of machine breads made from those flours were , , and g, respectively. The F2 flour had the poorest performance in both baking methods with regard to the evaluated features. At the same time, the bread machine performances were different, but displayed similar responses with changing flour quality. The effects of protein content were not observed in hearth bread. However, these changes affected specific volume and crumb features in bread machine baking. The study showed that bread machines with an optimized formula could be successfully employed for determining flour quality in bread making. Key words: Bread machine, bread quality, flour quality, french .
