This work had as objectives to elaborate breads enriched with minced meat of fish and evaluate them sensorial, technological and physico-chemically. The fish protein was obtained from cabrinha (Prionotus punctatus), a low commercial value specie. To obtain the minced fish, the grinded meat was submitted to three wash steps with water, resulting the wet washed minced fish (WWMF). When the WWWF was dried and sifted, it was obtained the dry washed minced fish (DWMF). Five bread formulations with addition of 30, 40 and 50% of WWMF and 3 and 5% of DWMF were tested. All breads obtained were evaluated sensorial (preference test ranking, nine-point hedonic scale and attribute profile), technological (specific volume and technological score for the external and internal characteristics) and physico-chemically (centesimal composition). The attribute profile test showed that the bread containing 5% DWMF didn’t differ significantly (alpha = 0.05) from the bread without addition of fish protein in any attribute. All formulations showed an acceptance index higher than 74%, however it was observed a decreasing of technological score and specific volume values with the increasing amount of minced fish in all formulations, resulting technological quality loss. Breads containing 3 and 5% of DWMF and 50% of WWMF presented a protein increase of 31, 45 e 48%, respectively, when compared to the protein of the bread without addition of fish.
bread; cabrinha; minced fish; protein; enrichment
