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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Assessing the Potential of Brewer's Spent Grain to Enhance Cookie Physicochemical and Nutritional Profiles.

Marisa Nicolai, Maria Lídia Palma, Ricardo Reis, Rúben Amaro, Jaime Fernandes, Elsa M Gonçalves, Mafalda Silva, Manuela Lageiro, Adília Charmier, Elisabete Maurício and 6 more

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. 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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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Marisa NicolaiCBIOS-Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-2490-2522
Maria Lídia PalmaCBIOS-Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1914-8879
Ricardo ReisEPCV, School of Psycology and Life Science, Department of Live Sciences, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.
Rúben AmaroEPCV, School of Psycology and Life Science, Department of Live Sciences, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.
Jaime FernandesINIAV-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Unidade de Tecnologia e Inovação, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0505-1443
Elsa M GonçalvesINIAV-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Unidade de Tecnologia e Inovação, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5814-0490
Mafalda SilvaINIAV-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Unidade de Tecnologia e Inovação, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1708-3645
Manuela LageiroINIAV-Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária, Unidade de Tecnologia e Inovação, 2780-157 Oeiras, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-8683-6217
Adília CharmierBioRG-Bioengineering and Sustainability Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.
Elisabete MaurícioCBIOS-Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-3959-2993
Patrícia BrancoBioRG-Bioengineering and Sustainability Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1760-6899
Carla PalmaInstituto Hidrográfico, Rua das Trinas 49, 1249-093 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5215-7120
Joaquim SilvaBioRG-Bioengineering and Sustainability Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.
Maria Cristiana NunesLEAF-Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Center, Associate Laboratory TERRA, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Universidade de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-1281-8606
Pedro C B FernandesBioRG-Bioengineering and Sustainability Research Group, Faculty of Engineering, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0271-7796
Paula PereiraCBIOS-Research Center for Biosciences & Health Technologies, Universidade Lusófona, Campo Grande 376, 1749-024 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-6893-6812

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brewers' spent grain (BSG), the major by-product of the brewery industry, has high nutritional value, making it suitable for upcycling into products such as healthy, and sustainable cookies. Nonetheless, the incorporation of BSG in cookies can impact their quality, given the increased fiber and protein content. This work explored the effect of replacing wheat flour with BSG at 50% and 75% in cookie formulations, focusing on physical, chemical, and sensory properties. The dietary fiber, lipid, and protein content of cookies improved considerably with the highest incorporation of BSG, increasing from 6.37% to 15.54%, 9.95% to 13.06%, and 9.59% to 12.29%, respectively. Conversely, moisture and water activity decreased from 11.03% to 3.37% and 0.742 to 0.506, respectively, forecasting a lower risk of microbial contamination and increased shelf-life. The incorporation of BSG in cookies resulted in decreased brightness and increased hardness, from 40 N to 97 N. Moreover, colorimetric shifts among the control cookies and the two BSG-rich formulations could be easily identified by an untrained observer. Sensory evaluation showed that cookies with 50% BSG retained acceptable sensory characteristics, suggesting potential for further development. Overall, BSG enhances the nutritional profile of cookies with no excessive detrimental impact on sensory features.

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brewer’s spent grainfatty acidsfibersproteinsensory evaluation

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PMCPMC11719959

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