SUPPLENENTATION OF PASTA BY DEBITTERED FENUGREEK

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Food Technology Research Institute ARC, Giza,Egypt.

Abstract

The target of this work is to remove bitterness from fenugreek flour, produce
pasta supplemented with debittered fenugreek flour and studying the effect of this
supplementation on the nutritional quality, cooking quality and organoleptic properties
of produced pasta. Results of this research may be summarized in the followíng:
1-Bitterness of fenugreek flour was removed by water or 50% ethano’ alcohol.
2-Production of pasta with high nutritional values, quality, and organoleptical
p’roperlies should be produced from semolina supplemented with 5% or 10%
debittered fenugreek flour.
3-It should be advised to produce this type of supplemented pasta.