Preparation and Characterization of Emulsion Gels from Whole Faba Bean Flour.

Faba bean protein has good functionalities, but it is little used in the food industry. This study identified a challenge from unfavourable starch gelation when utilizing faba bean for producing protein-based emulsion gel foods, and developed processing methods to overcome that. Two types of protein-based emulsion gel foods, namely yogurt and tofu analogue products, were prepared.

Proposal for C-Hordein as Reference Material in Gluten Quantification.

The concentration of residual barley prolamin (hordein) in gluten-free products is overestimated by the R5 ELISA method when calibrated against the wheat gliadin standard. The reason for this may be that the composition of the gliadin standard is different from the composition of hordeins. This study showed that the recognition of whole hordein by R5 antibody mainly came from C-hordein, which is more reactive than the other hordeins.

Degradation of C-hordein by metal-catalysed oxidation.

C-hordein is a monomeric prolamin protein in barley. The unusual primary structure of C-hordein has highly repetitive sequences and forms a secondary structure of beta-turns. C-hordein structure is similar to that of collagen protein, whose degradation by metal-catalysed oxidation has been intensively studied.

In situ enrichment of folate by microorganisms in beta-glucan rich oat and barley matrices.

The objective was to study folate production of yeast strains, bacteria isolated from oat bran, and selected lactic acid bacteria as well as one propionibacterium in oat and barley based models. Simultaneously, we aimed at sustaining the stability of viscosity, representing the physicochemical state of beta-glucan. Total folate contents were determined microbiologically and vitamers for selected samples by UHPLC.

Testing safety of germinated rye sourdough in a celiac disease model based on the adoptive transfer of prolamin-primed memory T cells into lymphopenic mice.

Unlabelled: The current treatment for celiac disease is strict gluten-free diet. Technical processing may render gluten-containing foods safe for consumption by celiac patients, but so far in vivo safety testing can only be performed on patients. We modified a celiac disease mouse model to test antigenicity and inflammatory effects of germinated rye sourdough, a food product characterized by extensive prolamin hydrolysis.

Oxidative modification of a proline-rich gliadin peptide.

Prolamins are proline-rich proteins occurring in cereal grains. Prolamins of wheat, barley and rye, or gluten protein, can cause coeliac disease in individuals not tolerating gluten. Degrading harmful prolamins can reduce their toxicity.

Production of folate by bacteria isolated from oat bran.

Twenty bacteria isolated from three commercial oat bran products were tested for their folate production capability. The bacteria as well as some reference organisms were grown until early stationary phase on a rich medium (YPD), and the amount of total folate in the separated cell mass and the culture medium (supernatant) was determined by microbiological assay. Folate vitamer distribution was determined for eight bacteria including one isolated from rye flakes.

Isolation and characterization of folate-producing bacteria from oat bran and rye flakes.

The aim of this research was to identify endogenous bacteria in commercial oat bran and rye flake products in order to study their folate production capability while maintaining the soluble dietary fibre components in physiologically active, unhydrolyzed form. Fourty-two bacteria were isolated from three different oat bran products and 26 bacteria from one rye flake consumer product. The bacteria were tentatively identified by sequence analysis of the 16S rRNA genes.

Functional characteristics of egg white proteins within wheat, rye, and germinated-rye sourdoughs.

Egg white (EW) proteins are functional proteins, which possess certain biological activities (antimicrobial, antigenic, and peptidase-inhibitory) that may influence the food processing or vice versa can be affected by processing. This study investigated the behavior of EW proteins within sourdough systems with respect to proteolysis and fermentation parameters, and the ability of EW to build foam structures with sourdoughs. Of the EW proteins, ovotransferrin was hydrolyzed in all sourdoughs (wheat, rye, and germinated-rye), whereas the breakdown of ovalbumin was specific for germinated-rye sourdoughs, with the cysteine endopeptidases being responsible for the hydrolysis.

Prolamin hydrolysis and pentosan solubilization in germinated-rye sourdoughs determined by chromatographic and immunological methods.

The assortment and quality of bakery products designed for celiac patients may be improved by designing whole grain ingredients with low residual prolamin contents. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the extent of prolamin hydrolysis and pentosan solubilization in germinated-rye sourdoughs (GRSDs). Size-exclusion chromatography analyses, the fate of fluorescent prolamin, and immunological analyses determined the extent of prolamin hydrolysis and pentosan solubilization.

Unkilned and large amounts of oats in the coeliac disease diet: a randomized, controlled study.

Objective: There is evidence for the long-term safety of oats as part of a gluten-free diet in coeliac disease (CD). Oats is generally processed by kilning, which theoretically may change its antigenic properties and be the reason that it is tolerated by patients with CD. The aim of this study was to investigate the suitability of large amounts of unkilned oats, comparing its use with kilned oats in adult coeliac patients.

Prolamin hydrolysis in wheat sourdoughs with differing proteolytic activities.

The prolamins of wheat, rye, and barley contain structures that are harmful to gluten-sensitive people, and an extensive degradation of these prolamins during food processing might eliminate this problem. Sourdough fermentation is a cereal food process during which some protein degradation occurs. In this study, the prolamin hydrolysis that occurred in a high-proteolytic-activity germinated-wheat sourdough (GWSD) was compared with that of wheat sourdough systems which contained moderate or no proteolytic activities.

Bread fortified with cholecalciferol increases the serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in women as effectively as a cholecalciferol supplement.

Fortification of foods is a feasible way of preventing low vitamin D status. Bread could be a suitable vehicle for fortification because it is a common part of diets worldwide. The bioavailability of cholecalciferol from bread is not known.

Effects of yeasts and bacteria on the levels of folates in rye sourdoughs.

Fermentation of rye dough is often accompanied with an increase in folate content. In this study, three sourdough yeasts, Candida milleri CBS 8195, Saccharomyces cerevisiae TS 146, and Torulaspora delbrueckii TS 207; a control, baker's yeast S. cerevisiae ALKO 743; and four Lactobacillus spp.

Functionality of endogenous folates from rye and orange juice using human in vivo model.

Background: Cereals contribute about a quarter of the daily folate intake from a typical diet in several European countries. However, studies on bioavailability of endogenous folates, in particular of cereal sources, are scarce.

Aim Of The Study: We aimed to study how well natural folates from rye (different rye breads and muesli made of malted rye) and orange juice function in improving folate status of human volunteers compared to a diet containing folic acid fortified wheat bread.