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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Third-Generation Snacks Manufactured from Andean Tubers and Tuberous Root Flours: Microwave Expansion Kinetics and Characterization.

Liliana Acurio, Diego Salazar, Purificación García-Segovia, Javier Martínez-Monzó, Marta Igual

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Liliana AcurioG+ BioFood and Engineering Research Group, Department of Science and Engineering in Food and Biotechnology, Technical University of Ambato, Av. Los Chasquis and Río Payamino, Ambato 180150, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-1922-4202
Diego SalazarG+ BioFood and Engineering Research Group, Department of Science and Engineering in Food and Biotechnology, Technical University of Ambato, Av. Los Chasquis and Río Payamino, Ambato 180150, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-8048-6386
Purificación García-SegoviaFood Technology Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46021 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4968-5050
Javier Martínez-MonzóFood Technology Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46021 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1123-2304
Marta IgualFood Technology Department, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camino de Vera s/n, 46021 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5128-5489

Funding

Universitat Politècnica de València AD2111
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Andean tubers and tuberous roots have nutritional and medicinal properties transferred through ancestral generations. In this study, we aim to promote cultivation and consumption by developing a snack based on these crops. Corn grits were thoroughly mixed with sweet potato, mashua, and three varieties of oca flour (white, yellow, and red) in an 80:20 ratio, and a single-screw laboratory extruder was utilized to produce third-generation (3G) dried pellets. Microwave expansion was studied, and the dried 3G pellets and expanded snacks were characterized. The microwave expansion curves of the dried 3G pellets were adjusted to the Page, logarithmic, and Midilli-Kucuk models. During the characterization, the influence of the raw material composition was observed in sectional expansion, water content, water activity, water absorption, water solubility, swelling, optical and textural properties, and bioactive compounds. According to global color variation (mixture vs. expanded and dried vs. expanded) and bioactive compound analysis, the mashua suffered little chemical change or nutritional loss during the process. The extrusion process was shown to be an ideal method for manufacturing snacks from Andean tuber flours.

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extrusionmashuaoxalis tuberosapurple sweet potatotropaeolum tuberosum

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PMID37297413
PMCPMC10252795

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