CAN SORGHUM MEET THE BREAD NEEDS OF 21ST CENTURY CONSUMERS? John RN Taylor and Janet Taylor University of Pretoria, South Africa
Traditional Africa Rural Burkina Faso Making Porridge
Modern Africa Adomi Bridge, Ghana Making Money
Wheat imports (tons x 1000) 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 Wheat imports Urban population 0 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Year GHANA Wheat imports and Urban population 1988-2013 (FAOStat Data) 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 Urban population (millions)
Wheat production and imports (tons x 1000) 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 0 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Year Wheat imports Urban population Wheat production NIGERIA Wheat imports/production and Urban population 1988-2013 (FAOStat Data) 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Urban population (millions)
Wheat production and imports (tons x 1000) 4000 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 1000 500 Urban population Wheat production Wheat imports 0 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Year SOUTH AFRICA Wheat imports/production and Urban population 1988-2013 (FAOStat Data) 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Urban popluation (millions)
MAKING DOUGH WITH SORGHUM FLOUR DOUGHS Wheat Sorghum Sorghum (same water as wheat) (50% more water)
Wheat FERMENTED DOUGHS Sorghum
Artisan Wheat Bread
Commercial Sorghum Bread
Commercial Gluten-free Bread
Roles in breadmaking of the major polymers in wheat, sorghum and maize flours Endosperm component Non-starch polysaccharides Proteins Starch Wheat Arabinoxylans Gliadin and Glutenin Essentially linear Relatively large molecules S-S Cross-link end to end Relative hydrophilic Gelatinization temp. range 58-64 o C Significance in breadmaking ++Ve Dough waterholding -Ve Disrupt gluten continuity ++++Ve Responsible for the cohesive, visco-elastic properties and gasholding properties of wheat bread dough ++Ve Contribute to flexibility and springiness of wheat bread +++ve Responsible for maintaining dough and bread cellular structure when gluten is denatured during baking Sorghum and Maize Glucurono-arabinoxylans More complex, substituted and cross-linked Sorghum- kafirin Maize- zein Tightly folded Relatively small molecules S-S Cross-link but not really known how Relatively hydrophobic Very inert Sorghum 68-78 o C Maize 62-72 o C Significance in breadmaking -Ve Presumably contribute to poor dough cohesiveness ----Ve Primarily responsible for poor dough cohesiveness, lack of dough visco-elasticity and poor gas-holding +++Ve Responsible for holding gas during dough/batter fermentation and maintaining dough/batter and bread cellular structure during baking --Ve During baking, yeast is killed before starch gelatinizes
IMPROVEMENT OF ARABINOXYLAN FUNCTIONALITY Endosperm cell walls in sorghum malt ICC Symposium 1976 Commercial pentosanase J. Cassier et al. Bread production from pure millet and sorghum flours by using cereal endosperm-cell wall-pentosan as a universal baking factor R. Bressani et al. Processing of sorghum by lime-cooking for the preparation of tortillas
IMPROVEMENT OF PROTEIN FUNCTIONALITY SEM of commercial zein-starch doughs made with dibutyl tartrate 1992 Wheat Dough Fibres
We have focussed on two ways to improve the dough functionality of maize zein and sorghum kafirin prolamin proteins 1. Chemical modification of the proteins 2. Genetic modification of the proteins
TRYING TO IMPROVE ZEIN DOUGH FUNCTIONALITY Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxidase Oxidising Agents on Doughs Made from Commercial Zein Also form Disulphide Bonds between cysteine residues
Zein alone Zein +Starch Effects of Hydrogen Peroxide and Peroxidase on Extensibility of Doughs from Commercial Zein and Commercial Zein+starch Taylor J.R.N. et al. 2016. J Cereal Sci 70:108
CLSM (Z Stack) of Commercial Zein Doughs - Effect of Preparation with Hydrogen Peroxide a. Water, b. Water dough stretched, c. Hydrogen peroxide, d. Hydrogen peroxide dough stretched
Dough from Commercial Zein-Starch With Hydrogen Peroxide Treatment
Oxidation of proteins with hydrogen peroxide ---> Hydroxyl and Carbonyl groups added to hydrophobic amino acid residues: leucine, isoleucine, valine and alanine Proline oxidised to hydroxyproline and pyroglutamic acid Xu G. and Chance M.R. 2007. Chem. Rev. 107, 3514
Commercial Zein-starch Doughs Prepared with Dilute Lactic Acid A = Zein + Starch flour in water after mixing B = Zein + Starch flour in 1.3% Lactic acid after mixing; C = Dough properties D = Alveograph dough bubble of Zein + Starch dough prepared in 1.3% Lactic acid Sly et al. 2014. J Cereal Sci 60:157.
Maize flour+commercial Zein Dough Alveograph bubble Kuzwayo T et al. (unpublished)
Top Crumb Effect of Zein and Sourdough Fermentation on Maize Bread Quality Maize Maize + Maize Sourdough + Zein
Crumb Structure of Maize flour+commercial Zein Breads Zein fibre A. Maize Alone, B. Maize + Zein G. Maize + Maize Sourdough + Zein Maize flour particle Sourdough crumb Kuzwayo T et al. (unpublished)
ph3 kda 66.3 55.4 36.5 31.0 21.5 14.4 IEF Commercial (α-zein) ph10 SDS-PAGE ph3 kda a) b) α-zein ) 66.3 55.4 56.5 31.0 21.5 14.4 γ-zein ) α-zein ) β-zein) 2-D PAGE of Commercial Zein and Total Zein IEF Total zein TOTAL ZEIN IS A FAR MORE COMPLEX FORM OF ZEIN AND IS ACTUALLY THE TYPE OF ZEIN PRESENT IN MAIZE FLOUR ph10 SDS- PAGE
Making Doughs with Total Zein Commercial zein, dough made with 1.3% acetic acid Total zein and 1.3% acetic acid (No dough formed) Cast commercial zein bioplastic film using glacial acetic acid, Then dough made with water Cast Total zein bioplastic film using glacial acid, then dough made with water Cast Total zein bioplastic film using glacial acetic acid, rinsed, then dough made with water King B.L. et al. 2016. J Cereal Sci 71
A C B D FORMATION OF DOUGHS ISOLATED KAFIRIN As with Total zein Kafirin will not form a dough when mixed with dilute acetic acid at elevated temperature Effects of mixing acetic acid (5.4%) with kafirin or zein preparations at 50 C. A= Commercial zein, B = Total Zein, C = Kafirin minus γ-, D= Kafirin
2D-PAGE of Transgenic HD γ-kafirin suppressed sorghum line and its Null (normal digestibility) control ph3 NC2 ph3 TG-HD-2 IEF IEF ph10 ph10 SDS-PAGE SDS-PAGE
PY O T C O WHAT WE WANTED WITH KAFIRIN O N SEM of Wheat Glutenin Fibres and Fibrils Orth, RA et al. 1973 Cereal Chem. 50:688
KAFIRIN Viscoelastic Dough Fibres Produced by Patented Process of Coacervation with Water from a solution in Glacial Acetic Acid Elhassan MSM et al. 2018. Food Chem.
NND NND WND WND 0.5 mm NHD WHD WHD WHD NC1 NC2 TGHD1 TGHD2 Stereomicroscopy of Kafirin Doughs From normal and high digestibility sorghum (expressing different combinations of the Kafirin subclasses) N = Normal endosperm, W = Waxy, ND = Normal digestibility, HD = High Digestibility, TG = Transgenic, NC = Its Null non-transgenic control
Force (N) 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 Gluten WHD1 TG-HD1 0 20 40 60 80 100 Time (s) Stress-relaxation curves for kafirin visco-elastic doughs compared to wheat gluten
% Stress Recovery over Storage time of Coacervated Kafirin and Zein preparations compared to Gluten Taylor J. et al. 2018 Food Chem Storage at 10 o C Day 0 Day 2 Day 16 Wheat gluten 47.9 42.2 43.3 Kafirin 78.3 85.7 76.9 High α-kafirin 83.4 90.7 59.1 Kafirin minus-γ 65.4 59.3 32.3 High α-kafirin minus -γ 66.5 52.6 32.1 Total zein 16.8 18.6 26.4 High α-zein 3.1 2.3 31.2 Commercial zein (essentially α-zein) 3.5 3.5 21.8
PY C O O T D N C B O A WHY THE KAFIRIN AND ZEIN PREPARATIONS HAVE DIFFERING STRESS RECOVERIES? CLSM illustrating fibril formation of zein and kafirin preparations A= Commercial zein, B= Total zein C= Kafirin minus γ-, D= Kafirin Arrow shows laterally associated fibrils
High Protein Digestibiity (HD) line HD Coacervated a c pb pb TRYING TO FUNCTIONALISE THE KAFIRIN IN SORGHUM PROTEIN BODIES pb pb cw b d Effect of glacial acetic Coacervation treatment on isolated kafirin sorghum protein bodies cw pb (Magabane et al. unpublished) pb pb pb Normal Protein Digestibility (ND) Line ND Coacervated
CLSM of crumb of sorghum + potato starch bread Made with b) Chemical acidification c) Sourdough IMPROVEMENT OF STARCH FUNCTIONALITY SOURDOUGH FERMENTED SORGHUM BREAD SEC of Sorghum Sourdough Dough Liquid and Protein and Extracted with SDS a) Before fermentation, b) After fermentation Results suggest that a strong starch gel, without interference of aggregated protein, is desirable for this type of bread. From: Schober, T J et al. 2007 J Agric Food Chem
Effects of Acidification and Sourdough Fermentation on Maize dough and Bread Falade AT et al. J Cereal Sci. 2014
Are most Cereal Scientists Ignoring the Obvious? Popular Breads don t have to be pan-type breads
The Custard (Batter) Breadmaking Process
SORGHUM DOUGH SHEETING AND INCLUSION OF PRE-GELATINIZED FLOUR a b c d a) No pre-gelatinized flour, (b) 10% pre-gelatinized flour, c) 20% pre-gelatinized flour, (d) 30% pre-gelatinized flour Magabane et al. (unpublished) Dough Development by Sheeting and its Application to Bread Production from Composite Flours W Bushuk and JH Hulse 1974 Cereal Science Today
PCA of Descriptive Sensory Evaluation of Injera made from different sorghum types compared with Teff injera
CONCLUSIONS 1. Kafirin and Zein Prolamins do exhibit visco-elastic properties, But they may be too hydrophobic for them to be functional in sorghum and maize flour doughs 2. Sorghum/maize Arabinoxylan functionality can probably be substantially improved by Xylanases, but not to the extent the that they alone will enable the production of high quality pan-type breads 3. Sorghum/maize Starch dough/batter functionality can be substantially by: Pre-gelatinization, using High amylopectin lines and by Sourdough fermentation 4. By applying 2. and 3. sorghum flour should make high quality leavened flatbreads WE NEED TO RE-EDUCATE OURSELVES AND CONSUMERS AS TO WHAT IS BREAD
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