Title
Composition and Physicochemical Characterization of Walnut Flour, a By-product of Oil Extraction
Date Issued
01 June 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Burbano J.J.
Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Publisher(s)
Springer
Abstract
The by-product of walnut oil (Juglans regia L.) extraction is a press cake rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids and other bioactive compounds. From this cake, walnut flour is obtained by a milling process. The composition and a physicochemical characterization of walnut flour was performed: proximal composition, mineral content, and fatty acid and amino acid profiles were measured. Besides, antioxidant capacity and water and oil holding capacities were determined. Walnut flour has 55% of lipids with an optimum w6/w3 ratio, a good lysine/arginine ratio, and high levels of antioxidants that contribute to its oxidative stability, the estimated shelf life being 16 months. In regards to interaction with other ingredients, walnut flour retained 258 and 70% (w/w) of water and oil, respectively. Therefore, these results show that walnut flour is a good source of micro- and macronutrients, compared to flours commonly used in breadmaking. Also, walnut flour has good technofunctional properties and thus its incorporation could improve the nutritional and technological characteristics of new bakery products.
Start page
233
End page
239
Volume
76
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Química física
Alimentos y bebidas
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85106524604
PubMed ID
Source
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
ISSN of the container
09219668
Sponsor(s)
To the UNLP (X661 and X771) and MINCYT (PICT 2014-3421, PICT 2015-0007 and PICT 2016-3047) for the financial support. Authors also want to thank the kind cooperation of Mariana Pennisi, Claudio Reyes, and Darío Cabezas in gas and liquid chromatography, and particle size measurements, respectively.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
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