Nutritional Profile and Chemical Stability of Pasta Fortified with Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Flour

PLoS One. 2016 Dec 14;11(12):e0168270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168270. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

Physicochemical parameters of pasta enriched with tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) flour were investigated. Five formulations were prepared with different concentrations of tilapia flour as partial substitute of wheat flour: pasta without tilapia flour (PTF0%), pasta with 6% (PTF6%), 12% (PTF12%), 17% (PTF17%), and 23% (PTF23%) of tilapia flour. The formulations were assessed for proximate composition, fatty acid and amino acid profile on day 1 whereas, instrumental color parameters (L*, a* and b* values), pH, water activity (aw), and lipid and protein oxidation were evaluated on days 1, 7, 14, and 21 of storage at 25°C. Fortification with tilapia flour increased (p < 0.05) protein, lipid, ash, total essential amino acids, and total polyunsaturated fatty acids contents. In addition, supplementation of pasta with tilapia flour decreased (p < 0.05) lightness and water activity while redness, yellowness, pH values, and lipid oxidation were increased (p < 0.05) in a level-dependent manner. Nevertheless, all formulations were exhibited storage stability at 25°C. In general, protein oxidation was greater (p < 0.05) in the pasta containing 12%, 17%, and 23% of tilapia flour than their counterparts, and the storage promoted an increase (p < 0.05) on the carbonyl content in all formulations. Thus, pasta with 6% of tilapia flour has the potential to be a technological alternative to food industry for the nutritional enrichment of traditional pasta with negligible negative effects on the chemical stability of the final product during 21 days at 25°C.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry
  • Animals
  • Color
  • Cooking
  • Dietary Supplements
  • Fatty Acids / chemistry
  • Flour / analysis*
  • Food Handling
  • Food, Fortified / analysis*
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Lipids / chemistry
  • Nutritive Value*
  • Oxygen / chemistry
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Temperature
  • Tilapia*
  • Triticum / chemistry

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • Fatty Acids
  • Lipids
  • Proteins
  • Oxygen

Grants and funding

Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) - grant numbers E-26/111.673/2013; E-26/010.001954/2014; E-26/201.185/2014; E-26/110.094/2014; E-26/010.001961/2014; E-26/010.001911/2014 and E-26/101.403/2014 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) - grant numbers 311361/2013-7, 401922/2013-8, 313917/2013-2, 442102/2014-3 and 441987/2014-1 Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) - grant number E-26/101.403/2014 (CAPES/FAPERJ E-45 - PAPDRJ/2013) The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.