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European Baking Ingredients Market Report 2022
Healthy Snacks 41
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binding capacity affecting bake unacceptable, unless masked. digestibility, which can actually
loss). The use of appropriate emulsifiers be an approach to reduce the
and enzymatic treatments shows caloric contribution of snack foods.
Pulses in snacks can be used as promising results, in particular in Alpha-galactooligosaccharides are
flour, starch, protein concentrate gluten-free applications. The reader fermentable by colonic microflora,
or protein isolate. They may also is referred to Escobedo and Mojica which can lead to a prebiotic effect
be subjected to other processes (2021) for an excellent review on but also cause flatulence and
such as hydrolysis or texturisation. pulse-based snacks. 9 trigger irritable bowel syndrome
All these options combined with symptoms. These dual effects
levels of addition and processing An important consideration must be considered carefully
lead to a variety of effects in the in utilising pulses in snacks is during product development
final products. In general, simple the presence of antinutritional and additional clinical studies are
substitution of cereal flours with compounds and their fate during warranted to support formulation
pulse flour leads to increased processing. Phytic acid, tannins, and processing decisions.
hardness, loss of cohesiveness and trypsin inhibitors and amylase
lower volume, expansion or spread, inhibitors are a few examples of Novel treatments of traditional
depending on the type of snack. antinutritional factors that occur grains
When the protein content of the in different concentrations in It is worth mentioning a novel look
formulation is increased, starch pulses. There is debate as to into traditional grains. The use of
digestibility is modified, mostly whether some of these are in specific milling products and/or
in favour of the slowly digestible fact desirable. Phytic acid, for prior treatment of a specific fraction
starch fraction and reduction example, chelates minerals, causes great modifications in the
of glycemic index. For some reducing their bioavailability, functionality of well-known grains.
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pulses, such as faba beans, the but also has antioxidant activity. In rye, product characteristics were
beany flavour maybe considered Amylase inhibitors reduce starch enhanced with heat treatment,

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