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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Transforming Traditional Flatbread (Bazlama) into a Functional Food with Very High Resistant Starch and Low Glycemic Impact.

Cagla Ozer, Halide Yildirim, Ece Surek, Kubra Ozkan, Osman Sagdic, Samuela Palombieri, Francesco Sestili, Hamit Koksel

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Cagla OzerDepartment of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Istinye University, 34396 Istanbul, Türkiye.
Halide YildirimDepartment of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Istinye University, 34396 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-1733-6323
Ece SurekInstitute of Nanotechnology and Biotechnology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, 34500 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-3670-745X
Kubra OzkanDepartment of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Istinye University, 34396 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0003-0580-5804
Osman SagdicDepartment of Food Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Davutpasa Campus, Yildiz Technical University, 34349 Istanbul, Türkiye.ORCID 0000-0002-2063-1462
Samuela PalombieriDepartment of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3243-3428
Francesco SestiliDepartment of Agriculture and Forest Sciences (DAFNE), University of Tuscia, 01100 Viterbo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9653-8002
Hamit KokselDepartment of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts, Design and Architecture, Istinye University, 34396 Istanbul, Türkiye.

Funding

PRIMA Foundation 2034
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the reformulation of traditional Anatolian flatbread (bazlama), a staple food of the Mediterranean diet, into a functional product with enhanced nutritional quality. High-amylose refined (white) flour obtained from high-amylose Svevo (Svevo-HA) wheat and resistant starch produced via repeated autoclaving-cooling cycles were incorporated to increase resistant starch content and antioxidant capacity, reduce the predicted glycemic response, and evaluate the resulting changes in textural attributes. Six bazlama formulations were produced using white flours of normal Svevo, Svevo-HA, and recombined Svevo-HA flour containing resistant starch and gluten, with and without vital gluten supplementation. Color, texture profile, phenolic content, antioxidant capacity (DPPH, ABTS, FRAP), resistant starch content, and in vitro glycemic index (GI) were evaluated. Bazlama samples enriched with resistant starch exhibited significantly higher total antioxidant activity (113.7-174.7 mg Trolox equivalent/100 g dw) and resistant starch (9.1-10.3%) levels, along with reduced GI values (53.8-54 < 55), classifying them as low-GI foods. The results demonstrate that incorporating high-amylose wheat-derived resistant starch can successfully convert bazlama into a functional flatbread with improved health-promoting properties.

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antioxidant capacityflatbread (bazlama)glycemic indexhigh amyloseresistant starch texture

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PMID42195959
PMCPMC13205531

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