The external and internal characteristics of white pan bread were evaluated by the digital image analysis with CrumbScan, based on the commercial formula and method. The content of protein was determined by the gluten washing test and sedimentation te...
The external and internal characteristics of white pan bread were evaluated by the digital image analysis with CrumbScan, based on the commercial formula and method. The content of protein was determined by the gluten washing test and sedimentation test. The viscoelastic characteristic of dough was investigated by the spread test. And the pH was determined by the surface electrode method for the fermented dough and the slurry method for bread. CrumbScan was set at 0.1 in the overlap, 0.1 in the intensity, 500 in size, and 19.5cm in the loaf length.
According to the protein level, bread flour with 10% pastry flour was maximized in loaf volume. Lower the protein level, lager the grain size and more round in grain shape. The changes of loaf volume were investigated a major effect during the storage period. Crumb fineness and elongation was correlated with the changes of loaf volume respectively(r=-0.684, r=-0.698, P<0.05). When the mixing time was short, the crumb fineness was high and grain shape was elongated same as the case in less fermentation. As the increase of fermentation time, crumb fineness was lower, and elongation was related with fineness(r=0.592, P<0.05). The highest correlation with crumb fineness was the fermentation rate(r=0.825, P<0.01). Thickness of crust was changed to the baking time(r=0.546, P<0.05), but baking temperature was not affected to the thickness.
According to the principal components analysis, the correlation between mixing time and the characteristics of bread was classified into two components. PC 1 was highly related with the loaf volume, and PC 2 was related with the thickness of crust. The fermentation time had three components, and they explained 87.8% of the total characteristics. PC 1 was related with the grain component, PC 2 was related with the crust characteristic, and PC 3 was highly related with the loaf volume. The condition of baking was analyzed into two groups, baking time and temperature. Both were extracted into two components, and they were the charateristic of crust and crumb roughly. Two components were explained over 70% of the characteristics in either cases, but they showed reverse relationship between baking time and temperature.
In conclusion, the objective evaluation of bread characteristics was difficult to measure because of the subjective judgement by human. Although this is true, the evaluation was successful in some way through the fast and inexpensive method using digital image analysis. The results can be used in Korean baking industry beneficially.