• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.13-23
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• 2010

The principal objective of this study was to develop the optimal recipe for muffins prepared with replacement of sucrose with trehalose. The effects of trehalose on properties and staling of muffins during storage days(0, 1, 3, 5 days) were evaluated in terms of height, volume, weight, specific volume, baking loss rate, crumbscan, colorimeter, texture analyzer and sensory evaluation. Crust thickness of muffins containing trehalose evaluated with crumbscan decreased as the content of trehalose increased. Lightness(L value) of muffins with trehalose increased for the storage days, but muffins without trehalose decreased. yellowness(b value) increased significantly as the trehalose content increased. Hardness value of muffins was reduced by adding trehalose; however, the resilience value of muffins with trehalose increased significantly. Finally, the sensory evaluation revealed that muffins with 25% of trehalose showed the best result in texture, taste and overall preference.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.333-338
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• 2006

This study was conducted to investigate the quality characteristics of muffins with added ultrafiltered (UF) sunmul powder. Muffins were prepared with four different levels of UF powder (0%, 3%, 5% and 7%) and the physicochemical properties were examined. The volume and specific volume were lower in muffins prepared with UF powder than the control. The incorporation of UF powder in muffin lowered the lightness values but increased the redness values. Rheology testing showed that hardness increased with increasing UF powder and gumminess and brittleness were the highest in the control group and decreased with increasing UF powder. Initial isoflavone content was 2.39$\sim$5.57 mg%, and decreased to 1.81$\sim$4.09 mg% after baking, resulting in 24$\sim$37% reduction in muffin formulations. Scanning electron microscopy showed that the size of the air cells increased with increasing UF powder levels. In sensory evaluation, overall acceptability score was the highest in muffins with 3% added UF powder and no significant difference was observed between control and 7% addition. Therefore, muffins prepared with up to 7% addition of UF powder would be at least as acceptable as control muffins.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.543-549
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• 2012

Muffins were prepared with different amounts of rice bran powder (0~30%), and their quality characteristics were investigated. The specific gravity of batters increased with increasing rice bran. While the initial pasting temperature increased with increasing rice bran amount, peak viscosity and viscosity at $95^{\circ}C$ after 15 min gradually decreased. The pH value of batters and muffins decreased with increasing rice bran amount. Moisture content of muffins was affected by the addition of rice bran powder. The lightness and yellowness values of muffins decreased with increasing rice bran amount, whereas redness value increased. For textural characteristics, hardness, gumminess and chewiness of muffins significantly increased with increasing rice bran amount, whereas cohesiveness and springiness decreased. Aircell uniformity of muffins became larger and more random as rice bran powder content increased. In the sensory evaluation, scores of taste and texture were the highest in muffin added with 5% rice bran powder. Overall acceptability was highest in control and the 5% group without any significant difference. Values of color, flavor, taste, texture and overall acceptability of muffins tended to decrease as rice bran powder content increased.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.918-928
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• 2023

The effects of tigernut dietary fiber (TDF: 5, 10, and 20% w/w) inclusion in rice muffin formulations on the functional and pasting properties of composite powders, as well as the nutritional and sensory properties of muffins were investigated. The results showed a significant (p<0.05) proportional increase in the water and oil holding capacity as TDF increased in the powder blends. Moreover, pasting viscosity was found to decrease with the inclusion of TDF. TDF muffins showed improved nutritional quality, with increased protein (~14%), insoluble fiber (~128%) and total fiber (~34%) contents compared to 100% rice muffins. Also, TDF-muffins had lower baking losses (~22%) and better texture, including firmness and chewiness. Sensory scores of TDF-muffins (up to 10% w/w) showed similar consumer acceptability for all parameters considered. Overall, this study suggests tigernut fiber as a functional additive that balances the growing consumers' demands for healthy and quality gluten-free rice muffins.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.14-26
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• 2014

This study investigated the physicochemical and sensory characteristics of muffins prepared with various amounts(0, 3, 6, 9, 12%) of yacon powder. The specific gravity of the muffins prepared by adding yacon powder was higher than that of the control group. The height of the muffins added with 3% yacon powder was higher than that of the other groups. The weight of the muffins prepared with yacon powder showed no significant difference among all the sample groups. The volume and specific loaf volume of the muffins were decreased by addition of yacon powder. The baking loss rate of the muffins prepared by adding yacon powder showed no significant difference among all the sample groups. The moisture content of the muffins was increased, but their pH was decreased significantly by addition of yacon powder. DPPH radical scavenging activity of the control group was 21.45%, whereas the muffins prepared with yacon powder ranged from 57.23~85.46%. The a value of redness was increased, but L and b values were decreased significantly by addition of yacon powder. The springiness, cohesiveness and brittleness of textural properties of the muffins were decreased significantly by addition of yacon powder. Sensory evaluation scores in terms of appearance, taste, texture and overall preference for the muffins showed that 6~9% substituted sample groups were higher than those of the others. The results of this study suggest that adding 6~9% of yacon powder was the best substitution ratio for muffins.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.567-573
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• 2017

This study investigates the quality characteristics and antioxidant activities of muffins prepared using various kinds of rice powder. Muffins were prepared by adding 50% white rice, black rice or red yeast rice powders, thereby replacing wheat flour in the basic formulation. Wheat flour muffins had the maximum height and volume. The lightness value of black rice and red yeast rice muffins was lower than that of the wheat flour muffins. Redness was the highest for red yeast rice muffins. The 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazy (DPPH) radical scavenging and superoxide dismutase (SOD)-like activities activity of black rice and red yeast rice muffins were higher than those of the wheat flour muffins. The 2,2'-azino-bis-(3-ethyl-benzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS) radical scavenging activity of red yeast rice muffin was also higher than that of the wheat flour muffins. Thus, the black and red yeast rice powders can be effectively used as functional ingredients in bakeries due to their antioxidant activities.

• Korean Journal of Human Ecology
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.519-528
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• 2013

To evaluate the effect of Ulmus devidiana powder, muffins with Ulmus devidiana powder were made after supplementation with Ulmus devidiana powder(0, 5, 10 and 15%(all w/w)). Proximate composition of Ulmus devidiana powder was 7.49% moisture, 2.33% crude protein, 0.84% crude lipid, 66.74% carbohydrate, 14.09% crude fiber and 8.5% crude ash. The sample with 15% of Ulmus devidiana powder showed significantly lower volume compared to other groups. The symmetry of the sample with 5% of Ulmus devidiana powder was significantly lower than that of control group. No significant uniformity changes were observed. The height and baking loss rate of muffins with 15% Ulmus devidiana powder showed lower than that of other groups. But the weight of muffins with 15% Ulmus devidiana powder showed heavier than that of other groups. In color, L value and b value of muffins were decreased as the increase of the Ulmus devidiana powder. a value of muffins with Ulmus devidiana powder were higher than that of the control group. Hardness, gumminess and chewiness of groups with Ulmus devidiana powder were increased significantly as the increase of the amount of Ulmus devidiana powder. No changes of springness and cohesiveness were observed. Color, hardness, root odor and bitter taste intensity increased significantly with the increased addition of Ulmus devidiana powder. Acceptance of appearance, taste and overall acceptability of groups with 10% of Ulmus devidiana powder were significantly higher than that of the control group. As a result, 10% of Ulmus devidiana powder will be ideal to make muffins.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.307-316
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• 2010

The principal objective of this study is to develop the optimal recipe for muffins prepared with replacement of sucrose with xylitol. The effect of xylitol on properties of muffins was evaluated in terms of height, volume, weight, specific volume, baking loss rate, crumbScan, colorimeter, sensory evaluation, and staling of muffins during storage days(0, 1, 3, 5 days) was measured by texture analyzer. Hardness of muffins was increased by adding xylitol, significantly during storage. Lightness(L value) of crust was increased significantly as the contents of xylitol increased. According to sensory evaluation, the muffins(control group) without xylitol had highest score in appearance and texture. In flavor, taste and overall acceptance, muffins with 25% of xylitol showed the best result but were not significant between the muffins(control group).

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.727-734
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• 2010

As the blueberry content in batter increased, the pH of batter decreased According to the measured results about specific gravity of muffin batter, there was no significant difference among each batter including 0% 10% and 15% blueberry, while each 15% 20% and 30% dough showed significant difference (p<0.001). According to the results about general quality characteristics of muffins such as volume, weight and specific gravity, as the content of blueberry juice increased, the volume decreased. In terms of measuring specific volume, it decreased as the added amount increased According to measuring the chromaticity of muffins, as the blueberry content increased in the muffins, brightness and yellowness decreased while redness increased In terms of the measurement of texture, the hardness showed significant difference among all sample muffins (p<0.001). Significant difference was not shown in the springiness (p<0.05). As the amount of blueberry juice increased, the chewiness of the muffins was grown. The result showed a significant difference between samples in the adhesiveness (p<0.001). As the amount of blueberry juice increased, the adhesiveness of muffins also increased In the organoleptic test, a significant difference was shown in the color among all sample (p<0.001). The blueberry juice content of 20% showed highest figures with $7.12{\pm}0.67$. In terms of flavor, the content of 20% also showed highest figures among all samples with $7.16{\pm}0.62$ (p<0.001). Concerning the taste all samples showed a significant difference while 20% content did the highest figure. In the overall acceptability the content of 10% showed the lowest figure while 20% displayed the highest figure with 7.16. According to the quality characteristics of blueberry muffins, the best blueberry juice content would be 20% content group.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.423-429
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• 2012

We examined the quality characteristics and conducted a sensory evaluation of muffins made with rice flour and the biopolymer hydroxyethyl methylcellulose (HEMC) to identify a new health functional food additive. First, overrun and foam stability of HEMC-HV (high viscosity) was better than HEMC-LV (low viscosity) to prepare muffins. Also the quality of rice muffins(volume, specific cake volume, and baking loss) was analyzed. There was no significant difference in the sensory evaluation of rice flour muffins containing foam mixture(egg white:HEMC-HV, 3:1, v/v) and muffin made from flour. The results showed that HEMC-HV was suitable for quick bread muffin-making using 100% rice flour.