The effects of ω-3 fatty acids and inulin addition to spelt pasta quality

•The ω-3 fatty acids content positively affect the spelt pasta texture.•ω-3 fatty acids and inulin positively influence the pasta nutritive value.•ω-3 fatty positively influence the pasta texture.•Inulin showed positive influence on spelt pasta colour.

This paper investigates the effects of simultaneous addition of inulin (10 g/100 g of sample and 20 g/100 g of sample) and ω-3 fatty acids content (0.2 g/100 g of sample, 0.4 g/100 g of sample and 0.6 g/100 g of sample), according to accepted experimental plan, on the technological quality of spelt pasta to obtain new products with altered nutritional properties. ω-3 fatty acids content strongly influences texture properties (maximum hardness was obtained for pasta with 0.6 g/100 g of sample ω-3 fatty acids content and 10 g/100 g of sample inulin HPX, the maximum of work of shear was reached for 0.6 g/100 g of sample ω-3 fatty acids and without inulin HPX, while the minimum of adhesiveness, was observed for sample with 20 g/100 g of sample inulin and 0.6 g/100 g of sample ω-3 fatty acids). Inulin addition showed the influence on pasta colour (maximum values for brightness and minimum for colouration were observed with 0 g/100 g of sample ω-3 fatty acids and 20 g/100 g of sample inulin content). The chemometric analysis pointed at the versatile beneficial contributions of ω-3 fatty acids in wholemeal spelt pasta enriched with inulin enabling the optimization of pasta dough formula.

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