Effects of Wheat Flour Substitution with Cricket Powder (Gryllus bimaculatus) on Physical, Chemical and Sensory Properties of Brownie Brittle

Authors

  • Treerat Kueachan Food and Nutrition program, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Thanvarat Worrarat Food and Nutrition program, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • parisut chalermchaiwat Food and Nutrition program, Department of Home Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Duangkamon Sangteerakij Food management program, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nakhon Pathom Rajabhat University, Muang, Nakhon Pathom 73000, Thailand.

Keywords:

brownie brittle, cricket powder, protein, sensory

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the effect of cricket powder content on the quality and acceptance of brownie brittle. Tong-Dam cricket powder, used as a raw material in this experiment, had a protein content of 57.30 and 17.59 mg/kg of histamine, which is safe for consumption. The research also aimed to investigate the effect of substituting wheat flour with cricket powder in brownie brittle at 0 (control formula), 10, 20 and 30% of the total flour weight. The result from physical analysis (color and texture) and chemical analysis (aw, moisture, carbohydrate, fat, protein, crude fiber, ash and energy) showed that increasing the cricket powder increased the protein, fat, crude fiber, and ash content. However, it decreased the lightness (L*), aw and carbohydrate content of the product. Brownie brittle with the highest amount of cricket powder (30%) had the least hardness. The sensory evaluation conducted using a 9-point hedonic scale revealed that brownie brittle products with 20% replacement of wheat flour with cricket powder had the highest overall liking score (7.90). The developed brownie brittle with cricket powder had the aw and hardness value of 0.34 and 10.49 N, respectively. In addition, the developed products contained moisture, carbohydrate, fat, protein, crude fiber and ash of 3.57%, 52.92%, 21.89%, 9.40%, 10.15%, and 1.76% (wet basis), respectively. The energy value determined by Bomb calorimeter was found to be 5.35 Kcal/g.

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Published

2024-05-09

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Kueachan, T., Worrarat, T., chalermchaiwat, parisut, & Sangteerakij, D. (2024). Effects of Wheat Flour Substitution with Cricket Powder (Gryllus bimaculatus) on Physical, Chemical and Sensory Properties of Brownie Brittle. Recent Science and Technology, 16(2), 316–329. Retrieved from https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rmutsvrj/article/view/257021

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