Effect of sugar beet molasses addition on the composition of sugar products
2016
Jevtić-Mučibabić, Rada | Filipčev, Bojana | Bogdanović, Branislav | Kojić, Jovana | Šimurina, Olivera | Filipović, Jelena | Živković, Jasmina
Sugar beet molasses is a raw material with high potential to be a functional ingredient in food due to high content of various bioactive compounds and macro/microelements as well as high antioxidantive potential. Previous studies showed that beet molasses can be successfully incorporated to a variety of food products such as bakery, confectionary, meat and fish products. This paper investigated the composition of sugar product (sugar cubes) enriched with sugar beet molasses. The enriched sugar cubes were compared to classical sugar cubes made from rafined and unrefined sugar. The investigation included the determination of basic quality parameters, mineral composition, betaine content and safety parameters (heavy elements). The results showed that the addition of molasses to sugar cubes at 10% level increased the content of macro and microelements and substantially increased the content of betaine in comparison to sugar cubes made from refined and unrefined sugar. The safety of the product was not compromised by the addition of molasses.
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