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R.B.• Rojor,
D.K. nOlllpklns..
PROTEIN ENRICHMENT OF BISCUITS
B.R;Rao AND COOKIES
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India being the second largest and most densely dry milk product in the Conn of a crisp and porous.
populated counuy,the pressure on land out·put is solid plate having appearance of biscuits. Chapman
gre;uerand hence an average Indian does not get a el al (1966) reported the produclion ofNewZeaUm4
' t~lIy nutritious diet. This has resulted in protein milk biscuit, using dried whole mi~ matute child·
calOrie malnutrition. widely prevalent amongst the dar cheese and dried whey wilh sah and slightly -
lower Income populace of the Counuy. The survey acidified water 10 raise the moisture contcilt of Ihc
Uilcen up by ICMR clearly indicates that majority of mix to 20%. the same author (1968) repottOO lhe
children do not get sufficient calories to Culm their manufacture of New Zealand whole milk biScuit on
.mi.nimum nulrilional requirements. Alleast 60% of a pilot plant scale, using chocolate and fruit flavours
chIJdren between the age group of one to six years in which a little sucrose was added. Deininger and
sufrer from nutritional ariaemia. Wolf (1975) patented a process for the manufil¢ture
of dietetic biscuits wllh high protein content. low tat
Milk although is considered to be a good source and very low carbohydrate, by mixing 1 part (by
of quality protein but it is produced in insufficient weight) edible fal, 0.2 parts lecithin. I.S - 4 paris
quantity. It therefore becomes imperative to make proteinous substances. e.g. dried sldm milk having'a .
best use of locally available protein rich resOIm::es protein content of 60% and carbohydraufcontent o{ .
whiCh includes soyabean (recently recognized as rich 5·35% and 0.1 • 1 partmineiai salts, appetizerS and!
source (if quality protein) for the manufacture of or vitamins. The mixlule was healed to 28 • SOqC
l()w cost nulritious protein supplements such as snack to render thixotropic by kneading, homogenited,
food or biSCUits. shaped and left to cooL
Biscuit is a versatile food and serves equally Gray and Coban (1969) patented a process Jor,
weir for children and adults. It can be softened with the manufacture of a coolcie·lilce product frtiJtl ca.
Water to serve as weaning food or eaten dry as snack. sein and protein flour. A p8Sll'yor biscuit typeprtid,.
suCh a product represents a useful means of supple.. uct was made by mi:t.ing in hot water equal. part by
I'nc,nting the diet of any section of the population weightof casein. sugar and proICin flour. about20%
c;spcciaUy to meet the requirement of protein to a shortening (in terms of their combined weigh!) and
greater extent. It can be made readily available at low . sufficient NaHCO) to react with the casein lhe.,1KO-
cost and usually has a good shelf life. duce sodium caseinate and CO,. The mass wu a1.
lowed to cool. vitamins and flavourinas are adde<i..-
tJ,se of milk proteins required and the product was dehydraled ulider~~
Efforts have been made in the past to devclC>p tiaI vacuum. Kende and Kettlng (1969) obtain~lt
protein· rich biscuiLs using milk and milk produCLs patent for the manufacture of backed produCt'! with
'including milk byl'roduCLs. Lactissa (1962) patented a low carbohydrate and high protein conttnlS, tile
art edible dried milk product which related to a solid casein mixture was either allowed to swell ata !tin"
. .. perature of 70°C. optionally dried and puiVeriUd
Division or Daily TochnololY, Naticna1 Dairy Re.scardl and then mixed with the flour or dough. Or it WBs
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added to the flour or dough in its natural fonn, in Handerson and Buchanan (1969) developed
which c(iS¢'its heat Ireatment and swelllng take place "Home-baked high protein milk biscuits" suitable for
during 'bnking or cooking. Bassi (1972) reponed the supplementing protein to malnourished population.
production,of sodium caseinate enriched milk bis- They (1970) also developed a premix of the milk
cuit usmg wheal flour (maida) 100 g, sodium biscuits for sale in consumer paclcs. Frew and How-
caseinate 50 g, castor sugar 100 g, butter (unsalted) ell (1978) patented a process for the manufacture of
120 g, skim milk powder 10 g, baking powder 2 g, high protein biscuits using casein and whey protein.
and watet 20 mil. These were mixed and kneaded to In the process flour, fat, sugar, bran and commercial
a smooth homogeoeous mass. The dough was rolled casein and whey protein, preferably co· precipitate
out into thin sheet (3-5 mm thickness) by means of (25-35% by weight in OM) with sufficient water
wooden toller and cut into desired shape, which were was taken to form a dough, making it into biscuits
b~lceda,r 190;!:5°C for 25-30 min. A calcium . and baking them to a moisture content of 2-3 %. AI· ,
caseinate· fortified biscuit requiring no special proc- tematively, they prepared a high-protein fining with
essing equipment was reponed (Anon, 1977). The 46-54% protein in OM and which was sandwiched
biscuits were supplemented with 20% calcium between 2 biscuits to produce a filled product.
cascina~ I!IId contained 2.0% moistuIc, 20.0% Pr0-
tein (N x:9.38). 11.0% fat, 64.8% carbohydrate and PrabhakaJan and Srinivasan (1971) reported the
2,2% minernIs. KharaJmova et ai. (1976) partially production of high-protein biscuits using dairy by-
substituted ,flour with 5, 10 and 15% of sodium products. They reported lhat some of the commer-
caseinate and observed that the optimal addition of cial biscuits contained very low protein content
sodiumtaseinate was 10% by volwne of !lOlll'. They which they claimed to improve by admixture of
claimed M increase in protein content and nutriLional dough with cheese whcy or ghee residue; and fur-
value without adversely affecting the quality of the ther added that it appeared to improve its quality as
product, biscuits while other dairy by·products and cheese
rendered the biscuits hard. Shilvoskaya et al. (1976)
Townsend and Buchanan (1967) reponed the reported Ule use of concentrated whey with 40% IO-
manufaotureof biscuits using lactose-free milk sol- ta! solids and acidity ranging from 114° to 528"T at
ids. butter 22.5%, high calcium co-precipitate 21.0%, 2,5 and 10% (in relation t() the quantity of flour) in
sucrose lO.5%, self raising flour 21 %, egg pulp the manufacture of 'Banan' spiced biscuit. On star-
10.0% and water 15.0% 10 achieve a workable con- age, they remhlned fresh for longer periods than the
sislencyand satisfactory dough. The vitamin and controls.
mineral pre,mix was also added adequately to meet
the daily allowances pre-mix was also added ade- Use ofvegetable proteins
quately 10 meet the daily allowances of vitamine and Several attempts have been made 10 manufac-
mineralS for a 3-7 year old Australian child. the bis- ture high proteins biscuits using various vegetable
cuits w~, baked out to less than 3.0% moisture protein products available from cereals and/or oil
and proteins equivalent to one pin! of whole milk bearing seeds and their defatW flours in order to
were sealed in individual envelopes. They further obtain suitable product aCceptable ta the vegetarian
reported (l969) the manufacture of Australian milk population.
bi.scuits where buUer oil, sugar and vanilla essence
were buttered in a thin Z-1lllI1 mv;er at speed for Tscn el al. (1974) studied the effect of fortifica-
preparin~. $e dough. following by mixing ofpredpi- tion levels of soy products on cookie size and ob-
Ill!e calcium caseinate, "anticay". Wheaten flour, soy served that fortifying wheat flour with soy flour and
flour "calphas", "Actorise", sod, Wheaten meal. vi- protein isolates reduced the width and increased th~
taminpremix, salt and water to get a cleat dough. thickness of cookies. Addition of non-fat dried milk
BiScuitS Were shaped from this dough and baked at reduced the spread ratio of cookies. with or without
400 P (2()4.4~C) for 13-15 minutes to 2-3% mois-
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soy fortification. Outescu et aI. (1975) reported that
ture. less than 15% defatted soyabean flour could be added
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to whe<lt flout wiLbout affecting its biscuit making flollrs containing 25% or SO% maize flour (particle
or posta making properties. Rannotra et al. (1980) size loo-1S0 mm) to make short bread type biscuits .
reported the production of high protein cookies us- . and wafers. Biscuits of good appearance and .~[c
ing defaued soy flour and peanut buller. Biscuits were produced with 2S% maize flour addition. Pifty
contained cake flour (other ingredients as % flour), per cent maize [Jour gave biscuits with charaet~rls. .
defatted soy flour SO%, peanut bulter 40%, hydro- tics maize flavour and a coarse structure. Bedi. and
genatc~ vegeUlble oil 60%, sucross 50%, dextrose Hoseney (1976) however. observed that the cookies
10%; honey 10%, baking soda 2%, salt 1 % and wa- made from grain sorghum or millet flour didnpt
ter 112%. Rao et al. (1984) reponed the protein-rich sprcad during baking, had a poor top grain charac-
biscuit of acceptable quality prepared using Jowar teristics and were dense and compaclln addition they .
(sorgh~m). soybean and skim milk (in 60 : 30 : 10 were mr.llly and gritty. When grain sorghum or mil-
proportion) wherein, 30 parts ofprcgcJmini7,cd jowar let flours were hydrated with water. dried and SUp'
floul' and dry mixing remainder 30 part with 30 parts plementcd with 0.6% unrefined soy lecithin. the:
of full-fat soy flour, 10 parts of skim milk powder. cookies produced had a spread characteristicseq\1a1
0.5 parts CMC and 1.0 parts of baking soda. The to those of soft wheat flour cookies. A preparallon
vegetable fat (9.35 parlS for low fat and 24.2 parts of high protein baked foods rrom couon scedrtour
for high fat biscuilS) was rubbed with ground sngar manufactured by liquid cyclone process hilS been
(36.0 parts for low fat and 44 parts for high fat bis- reported earlier (Anon, 1971). Biscuits containingS"
cuits)to creamy consistency were milled. The dough 10 and 20% colton seed flour were studied., Replace.
was worked and then rolled to 3 mm thickness, cut ment of 10% of wheat flour with cotton seed nourin
into small pieces, and baked at 170 ± S'C for 15-20 sponge and dough fermentations gave satisfactory
min. results. Twarogowsku (1974) reported the produc-
tion of new diabetic biscuit in which 75% ofthefTour
Chl;lndrasekhara et al. (1962) reported the prepa- was replaced by wet gluten, and about 11 % soybean
ration of high protein bisc.uits like product using oil and 11 % dried milk were added. In a German
ground: Jlut protein. The preparation involved the Federal Republic patent (Anon. 1973) a crunchy
mixing of, pans by weight, ground nut protein iso- biscuit was described having almond or oilier nutS.
late 48, casein 12, cane sugar 22. vanaspati 10, co- Biscuits were made by cooling to -4S'C a miX!.Ure
coa ~.• saIt ml1ttute 4, vitaminized starch 1, baking containing fat, sugar. chopped almonds, COCOilut.
POWdCf l in a mechanical miller and sufficient quan- Oakes, nuts fruits elc. Wet ingredients comprising fat,
tily of Water was added to get 15% moisture in the a milk product (e.g cream, concentrate skim milk or
blend which was then pressed in circular di.se of 5 whey) were mixed wilh flour, water and sugar, glu··
cose or honey and then cooked. dried, granulated and
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