Wheat-spelt flour of type 600 with improving bakery properties

The article presents the results of comparative studies of quality indicators of wheat patent commercial flour, spelta flour and 9 mixtures of them, obtained by mixing in a different ratio (from 10 to 90%). It has been established that wheat flour have a lower protein content (11.5%) and lower gluten content (26.0%) against (14.2%) and (36.5%), respectively, in spelt flour. Rheological analysis of wheat dough showed high strength W=280×10-4J, high value of P = 109mm, but as a result of insufficient extensibility L=66mm a suboptimal curve configuration P/L=1.65 for baking purpose (P/L=0.8–1.2) is obtained. Conversely, spelt flour has strength W=110×10-4J, low resistance to extension (50mm), high extansability (95mm), low ratio P/L=0.56, dough from spelt flour is highly fluid and sticky. Therefore, to provide wheat dough specific technological properties proposed mixing wheat flour and spelt flour. It has been established that the addition of spelt flour in an amount up to 30–40% increases the volume of bread in 1.13–1.16 times from 440 cm3 to 480–490 cm3 and its porosity from 78% for wheat flour to 81% for wheat-spelt mixture. The best combination of sensory characteristics (shape, condition and color of the surface, the elasticity and color of the crumb, the nature of the porosity, taste and aroma of the bread) was obtained by adding spelt flour in an amount of 20–30%: this is the ratio recommended in the production of wheat-spelt flour. That will increase the cost of end–use flour in 1.15–1.25 times, but taking into account the need to adjust commercial wheat flour with enzyme preparations, the cost increase will be less. Such flour will have not only good bread-making properties thanks to the addition of spelt flour but also high content of various vitamins and trace elements, will have a pleasant yellowish color of crust. Since its ash content will be less 0.60%, such this flour can be named "wheat-spelt flour of Type 600".