Production of pizza dough with reduced fermentation time

Obtenção de massa de pizza em tempo reduzido de fermentação

Abstracts

The aim of this study was to reduce the fermentation time of pizza dough by evaluating the development of the dough during fermentation using a Chopin® rheofermentometer and verifying the influence of time and temperature using a 2² factorial design. The focus was to produce characteristic soft pizza dough with bubbles and crispy edges and soft in the center. These attributes were verified by the Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA). The dough was prepared with the usual ingredients, fermented at a temperature range from 27 to 33 ºC for 30 to 42 minutes, enlarged, added with tomato sauce, baked, and frozen. The influence of the variables time and temperature on the release of carbon dioxide (H'm) was confirmed with positive and significant effect, using a rheofermentometer, which was not observed for the development or maximum height of the dough (Hm). The same fermentation conditions of the experimental design were used for the production of the pizza dough in the industrial process; it was submitted to Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA), in which the samples were described by nine attributes. The results showed that some samples had the desired characteristics of pizza dough, demonstrated by the principal component analysis (PCA), indicating a 30 % fermentation time reduction when compared to the conventional process.

experimental design; volume; QDA; rheofermentometer

Este trabalho teve como objetivo a redução do tempo de fermentação de massa de pizza avaliando-se o desenvolvimento da massa durante a fermentação com emprego de reofermentômetro Chopin® e a influência das variáveis tempo e temperatura em um planejamento fatorial 2². A intenção foi produzir massa característica de pizza, com formação de bolhas, crocância nas bordas e maciez no centro da massa verificando-se estes atributos pela metodologia de Análise Descritiva Quantitativa (ADQ). A massa foi preparada com os ingredientes usuais, fermentada a temperaturas variando de 27 a 33 ºC por períodos de 30 a 42 minutes, alargada, adicionada de molho de tomate, assada e congelada. Por intermédio do reofermentômetro confirmou-se a influência das variáveis tempo e temperatura para liberação de gás carbônico (H'm) com efeito positivo e significativo, o que não ocorreu para desenvolvimento ou altura máxima da massa (Hm). As mesmas condições de fermentação do planejamento foram utilizadas para a produção de massa de pizza em processo industrial sendo submetida à Análise Descritiva Quantitativa (ADQ), onde as amostras foram descritas por nove atributos. Os resultados permitiram concluir que algumas amostras apresentaram características desejadas de massa de pizza demonstradas pela análise de componentes principais (ACP), indicando um tempo de fermentação reduzido em pelo menos 30% quando comparado ao processo convencional.

planejamento fatorial; volume; ADQ; reofermentômetro

Production of pizza dough with reduced fermentation time

Obtenção de massa de pizza em tempo reduzido de fermentação

Simone Limongi^I; Deise Rosana Silva Simões^II; Ivo Mottin Demiate^II,*

^IPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa - UEPG, Av. Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, CEP 84030-900, (Uvaranas), Ponta Grossa- PR, Brasil

^IIDepartamento de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa - UEPG, Av. Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, CEP 84030-900, (Uvaranas), Ponta Grossa - PR, Brasil, e-mail: [e-mail]

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study was to reduce the fermentation time of pizza dough by evaluating the development of the dough during fermentation using a Chopin^® rheofermentometer and verifying the influence of time and temperature using a 2² factorial design. The focus was to produce characteristic soft pizza dough with bubbles and crispy edges and soft in the center. These attributes were verified by the Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA). The dough was prepared with the usual ingredients, fermented at a temperature range from 27 to 33 ºC for 30 to 42 minutes, enlarged, added with tomato sauce, baked, and frozen. The influence of the variables time and temperature on the release of carbon dioxide (H'm) was confirmed with positive and significant effect, using a rheofermentometer, which was not observed for the development or maximum height of the dough (Hm). The same fermentation conditions of the experimental design were used for the production of the pizza dough in the industrial process; it was submitted to Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA), in which the samples were described by nine attributes. The results showed that some samples had the desired characteristics of pizza dough, demonstrated by the principal component analysis (PCA), indicating a 30 % fermentation time reduction when compared to the conventional process.

Keywords: experimental design; volume; QDA; rheofermentometer.

RESUMO

Este trabalho teve como objetivo a redução do tempo de fermentação de massa de pizza avaliando-se o desenvolvimento da massa durante a fermentação com emprego de reofermentômetro Chopin^® e a influência das variáveis tempo e temperatura em um planejamento fatorial 2². A intenção foi produzir massa característica de pizza, com formação de bolhas, crocância nas bordas e maciez no centro da massa verificando-se estes atributos pela metodologia de Análise Descritiva Quantitativa (ADQ). A massa foi preparada com os ingredientes usuais, fermentada a temperaturas variando de 27 a 33 ºC por períodos de 30 a 42 minutes, alargada, adicionada de molho de tomate, assada e congelada. Por intermédio do reofermentômetro confirmou-se a influência das variáveis tempo e temperatura para liberação de gás carbônico (H'm) com efeito positivo e significativo, o que não ocorreu para desenvolvimento ou altura máxima da massa (Hm). As mesmas condições de fermentação do planejamento foram utilizadas para a produção de massa de pizza em processo industrial sendo submetida à Análise Descritiva Quantitativa (ADQ), onde as amostras foram descritas por nove atributos. Os resultados permitiram concluir que algumas amostras apresentaram características desejadas de massa de pizza demonstradas pela análise de componentes principais (ACP), indicando um tempo de fermentação reduzido em pelo menos 30% quando comparado ao processo convencional.

Palavras-chave: planejamento fatorial; volume; ADQ; reofermentômetro.

1 Introduction

Commercial interest in pizza, which is traditionally consumed in European countries, notably in Italy, has increased in Latin American countries and in the United States. Some reasons for market growth and consequent increase in industrial production are related with low cost of the product and ease of preparation for consumption (WANG et al., 2005).

The basic formulation of the dough includes flour, water, salt, sugar, and bakers' yeast (PINHO; MACHADO; FURLONG, 2001). The pizza dough is a significant fraction of the product and its appearance, texture, and taste are important attributes for its acceptance by consumers and identification (WANG et al., 2005).

Wheat flour is a structural component and an essential ingredient for obtaining the dough thus presenting a key role in the quality of baked foods due to its ability of forming extensive and elastic dough that retains carbon dioxide and expands (GAN; ELLIS; SCHOFIELD, 1995). The process steps responsible for gas retention and increased dough volume are: mixing and forming the dough, dividing and molding, fermenting, rolling, and baking. These steps are designed to develop the dough, forming a sponge-like structure, and stabilize the porous structure during baking (SCANLON; ZGHAL, 2001).

Fermentation promotes aeration of the dough (DOBRASZCZYK; MORGENSTERN, 2003) through the generation of carbon dioxide in the aqueous phase of the dough that diffuses int the alveoli thus generating an excess internal pressure that forces expansion. The stabilization of the alveoli determines the structure and the volume of the dough (AUTIO; LAURIKAINEM, 1997).

The dough is usually prepared by the direct process using baker's yeast to ferment at temperatures between 23 and 26 ºC for a period of time required for leavening or the time necessary to raise the initial volume 2-5 fold before shaping the pizza discs (COPPOLA; PEPE; MAUREIELLO, 1998). Some authors indicate the fermentation temperature of 35 ºC for 60 minutes (CLARKE; FARRELL, 2000), 25 ºC for 6-8 hours (FORMATO; PEPE, 2005), and Wang et al. (2005), who produced pizza dough from mixtures of soybean and wheat flour, pre-cooked by extrusion, considered a shorter time of fermentation of 25 ºC for 40 minutes . It is important to note that there is not a standardization of the pizza dough production method, and that it also reflects in the lack of identity for parameters as final product appearance, height, texture, and other important quality aspects. As written by Coppola, Pepe and Maureiello (1998), this kind of product is widely characterized by highly variable and often unsatisfactory quality.

With the popularization of pizza in relation to other baked products, it can be observed that the quality of its dough is characterized by high variability even though the majority of manufacturing methods are similar. It can be said that this is an area that remains poorly investigated (LARSEN; SETTER; FAUBION, 1993; COPPOLA; PEPE; MAUREIELLO, 1998) and that there are few studies published after the year 1990, despite the food industry growing interest in producing high quality pizza dough. Like other industrial processes, it must be continually improved in order to provide reduced cost and time.

This study aims to evaluate the fermentation process by measuring the change in volume of pizza dough (before shaping the pizza discs) using a rheofermentometer considering the influence of the variables time and temperature using a 2² factorial design in order to reduce the fermentation time. Therefore, the objective is to produce characteristic soft, airy, crispy pizza dough evaluating these attributes by Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA).

2 Materials and methods

2.1 Experimental design for pizza dough production

A 2² complete factorial design with two factors (time and temperature of fermentation), two levels coded as -1 and +1 with a central point (coded as 0), and three repetitions was used for producing the pizza dough samples. Seven treatments were performed. The developing times and temperatures of the dough were 30, 36, and 42 minutes and 27, 30 and 33 ºC, respectively. For the sensory analysis, three out of the seven runs were selected and identified as "A", "B", and "C" (27 ºC/42 minutes, 30 ºC/36 minutes, and 33 ºC/42 minutes, respectively), and these runs were chosen based on the best rheofermentometer results considering the complete temperature range tested.

The developing time and the temperature range tested were selected based on the industrial needs for frozen pizza production and considering the results of previous assays (data not shown). The temperature range is also well established in the literature for this type of leavened bread/pizza dough development.

2.2 Preparing the pizza dough

The ingredients of the pizza dough were based on the weight of flour (100%). The base formulation was type 1 wheat flour fortified with iron and folic acid (BRASIL, 2005) (100%), crystal sugar (around 4%), refined salt (2%), soybean oil (3%), baker's yeast (around 2%), and drinking water (60-70%) filtered with activated carbon between 4-5 ºC (GIANNOU; KESSOGLOU; TZIA, 2003) with changes in the percentage of sugar, yeast, and water necessary for reaching the frozen pizza industrial standard (values not shown). The ingredients were weighed on a precision balance with a capacity of 2,000 g, added and mixed in the kneading-trough (except for water) with rod type hook for 1 minute at low speed (level 1). After mixing the dry ingredients, water was incorporated and the dough beat on high speed (level 2) for 6-7 minutes until obtaining a homogeneous, smooth dough with full development of gluten performing the windowpane test" by flattening and stretching the dough with the fingers until it is translucent, resembling a veil. The final temperature of the dough obtained after kneading, recorded with a portable thermometer (skewer, Akso), was around 28 ºC for all repetitions.

After appropriate gluten development, the dough was divided into several portions of approximate weight of 250 g, rounded and fermented according to the experimental design described in section 2.1.

The pizza dough fermentation was carried out using a industrial scale continuous fermenter. After fermentation, the dough was rolled to a disc of 0.5 cm thickness and pressed to reach a diameter of 25 cm; 50 g of tomato sauce were spread over the dough surface. The tomato sauce should be evenly distributed on the surface of the dough before baking to prevent inflating the skin of the dough, which would have the undesired appearance of pita bread. The dough was later taken to pre-baking in a Continuous Gas Furnace with volcanic stone at a temperature of 300 ºC. After baking, it passed through a freezing tunnel for continuous freezing for 35 minutes until reaching the temperature of -12 ºC. The dough was then packed and sealed in plastic film and subsequently stored at -18 ºC until analysis.

2.3 Dough development test and production of carbon dioxide

The rheology of the dough during fermentation was determined according to the procedure described by Czuchajowska and Pomeranz (1993) and Rossell and Collar (2009) using a CHOPIN F3 rheofermentometer (Tripette & Renaud, France), which measured the CO₂ retention (mL), the height of maximum dough development (Hm, mm), and maximum height of gas release (H'm, mm).

A portion of dough, prepared as described in sections 2.1 and 2.2, of 315 ± 0.1 g was weighed on an electronic precision balance with capacity of 3,000 g and placed in a mobile perforated fermentation chamber, inserted into the cavity, which was sealed with a lid containing an optical sensor. According to the specification of the equipment, a pressure of two kilograms was applied to the dough using four removable disks of 500 g. The rheofermentometer performed measurements every 6 minutes recording graphically the parameters of dough development and release, or the production or retention of carbon dioxide. The analyses were performed in duplicate on different days.

Ranges of temperature and fermentation time were chosen according to the experimental design described in Section 2.1, and the rheofermentometer analysis was completed as planned, before reaching the height of maximum dough development and gas release, as recommended by the procedure described by Czuchajowska and Pomeranz (1993). To monitor the peak of the dough development parameters and release of carbon dioxide, an experiment was performed to the maximum extent of these parameters, and the analysis was concluded after one hour and a half with the variables of the central point in order to visualize the curves obtained in the equipment.

The parameters obtained using the rheofermentometer were: Hm, which represents the maximum height (mm) of dough development; H'm maximum, the height (mm) of carbon dioxide release; total dough volume (mL); volume of CO₂ retention (mL); volume of CO₂ lost (mL); and gas retention coefficient (%).

2.4 Sensory characterization by Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA)

For the sensory evaluation of the product under study, the method of Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA) was applied, as described by Stone et al. (1974), Stone and Sidel (1992) and ABNT (ASSOCIATION..., 1998), to identify, describe, and measure the intensity of overall appearance, aroma, taste, and texture perceived in the samples (BATTOCHIO et al., 2006).

Trained sensory panel

Sensory evaluation of the baked pizza dough was performed by pre-selected trained panelists considering their performance on tests of recognition of basic tastes and aroma and that they have already carried out sensory analysis of this kind of product. The panel was composed of ten panelists with three men and seven women aged 22-44 years. This research project was submitted to the Human Research Ethics Committee of the University (Approval certificate No. 003/2009).

Development of descriptive terminology

The list of terms or language used for the descriptive sensory analysis of the pizza crust (properly baked dough) was defined based on the traditional network method (DUTCOSKY, 2007) using an attribute form model (GARRUTI et al., 2003) and two sessions to characterize the samples. The panelists received samples of commercial pizza crusts and bread bought from local market to describe the similarities and differences between the samples in terms of appearance, aroma, taste, and texture. The portions of pre- baked frozen crust for each test were heated in a conventional oven at 200 ºC for 10 minutes and served in portions of 30 g each in a ceramic plate in individual booths.

The samples were presented to the panelists in a monadic way. They were asked to evaluate all samples describing the perceived characteristics of each sample. After each panelist description, a group discussion was held, under the supervision of a leader, with the purpose of grouping similar descriptive terms chosen by consensus by the sensory panel (SANTANA et al., 2006).

In this step, a list of definitions of descriptive terms (attributes) was produced to characterize the samples as well as their definitions and references to determine the minimum and maximum ends of each scale according to Table 1. These are the nine attributes to describe the product: appearance of wood-fired brick oven, surface colour of the edge, presence and bubble size, porosity, aroma and taste of dough, softness, and crispness of the edge.

In addition to the table with the definition of the terms, a sensory evaluation form was used including the selected sensory characteristics of the dough under study. A non-structured 9 cm-scale was used was used anchored on the extremes with terms that expressed intensity (0: lowest intensity; 9: highest intensity) of appearance, aroma, taste, and texture of pizza crust (LARSEN; SETTER; FAUBION, 1993).

Panelists training

Ten panelists were submitted to five training sessions on the extremes of the scales for each attribute. The pizza crusts were presented together with the evaluation form. The panel was trained until it proved to be able to evaluate the samples using the evaluation form.

Preparation of samples for sensory evaluation

The pre-baked pizza dough (three discs of each dough) was thawed at room temperature (~20 ºC) for 10 minutes before being prepared. After thawing, the tomato sauce was removed from the surface of the dough with a spoon in order to reduce the influence of its aroma and taste on the baked dough. The entire sample was first evaluated after thawing in terms of appearance, and the attributes smell, taste, and texture were evaluated after the final baking step in a conventional electric oven at 200 ºC for 10 minutes. The definition of this evaluation was based on the fact that the appearance should be assessed prior to final baking in a conventional oven to prevent changing of this attribute during this step. When pizza is baked just before serving, color and texture changes occur, and for that reason, the interest in the present study, was to have an appropriate evaluation of the pre-baked pizza discs that the consumer will buy in supermarkets to finally bake and consume it at home.

After baking in a conventional oven (Dako^®), the dough disc was cut into triangular pieces with the approximate weight of 30 g and served to the judges in ceramic trays within 15-20 minutes due to the rapid changes occurring in the texture after the removal from the oven (LARSEN; SETTER; FAUBION, 1993).

Sensory evaluation

All sessions of sensory analysis were performed in individual booths under controlled temperature (25 ± 1 ºC) and white light. A randomized complete block design was used using the technique of monadic sequential presentation, i.e., one at a time. The samples were randomly presented to the panel to avoid panelist bias (DUTCOSKY, 2007). The panelists were asked to rate the samples according to the scale proposed in this model of evaluation. Three samples were evaluated in three sessions on different days.

2.5 Statistical analysis

The responses of the experimental design for the statistical analysis considering the results obtained by the Chopin rhefermentometer were dough development (Hm) and gas release (H'm). The results were evaluated by analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by Tukey test (p < 0.05), using the worksheets for calculating experimental designs available in the website http://lqta.iqm.unicamp.br/portugues/downloads.html.

The QDA results were subjected to analysis of variance (ANOVA) using the Microsoft Office Excel 2007 software (Microsoft Corporation, USA) - Data analysis, as described by Ferreira et al. (2000), Tukey test at 5% of significance for comparison between averages, and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) that was performed using Statistica 7.0 (Statistica, Statsoft^®, USA) software. To facilitate visualization of the profile of the samples, a radar chart was built for test comparison (SANTANA et al., 2006).

3 Results and discussion

3.1 Results of the rheological analysis of the dough with rheofermentometer

In Table 2 shows the average of the responses (y), development of dough (Hm, mm) and release of carbon dioxide (H'm, mm), and the estimated response (ŷ) of the 2² factorial design.

There was an unexpected variation in the experimental Hm values in the central point, which did not occur with the H'm values.

Table 3 shows the effects of the parameters and their interactions with the evaluation of dough development (Hm) and release of carbon dioxide (H'm).

With regard to the parameter Hm, it was found that no variable showed significant effects for a confidence level of 95% (p < 0.05), and in the case of H'm, the effects of time (t) and temperature (T) influenced significantly and positively the response, but the interaction t × T did not.

Rossell and Collar (2009) obtained a similar result for the development of dough (Hm, mm) in a study on the effect of temperature and consistency through a quadratic factorial design with three variables evaluating the dough consistency, kneading temperature, and fermentation temperature (15-35 ºC) using a basic flour dough, in which the fermentation temperature did present a significant positive effect (p < 0.05) on the development of dough (Hm, mm). In the same study, the temperature during fermentation significantly affected (p < 0.001) the release of carbon dioxide from the dough (H'm) with a positive effect of 31.73, close to the value obtained in the present study (34.3). Gas retention is a very important point to be considered since it affects directly the structure of the crumb and the volume of the dough (GIANNOU; KESSOGLOU; TZIA, 2003).

The analysis of variance shown in Table 4 indicates that the regression model generated was not significant (F_ratio for regression less than the F_table), R² (coefficient of determination) was 0.882, showing that the model explained 88.2% of the experimental data and the lack of fit was not significant (F_ratio for lack of fit smaller than F_table), according to Teófilo and Ferreira (2006) and Barros Neto et al. (2002).

The analysis of variance presented in Table 5 indicates that the regression model generated was significant (for regression less than the F_table and still F_ratio = 10.15 × F_table), R² equal to 0.988, showing that the model explained 98.8 % of the variation around the mean regression of the experimental data. The lack of fit was not significant (F_ratio for lack of fit smaller than F_table), according to Teófilo and Ferreira (2006) and Barros Neto et al. (2002), and it shows that the model is well adjusted to the experimental data, due to the R² value close to 1, the regression equation is statistically significant, and low value of lack of fit indicates that the linear model is satisfactory for the studied parameter H'm.

The mean and standard deviation of the results of the selected tests A, B, and C, measured by the rheofermentometer, are summarized in Table 6, which shows the maximum height of development of the dough (Hm, mm), maximum height of release of carbon dioxide (H'm, mm), the total volume (mL), retention volume (mL) volume of gas release (mL), and retention coefficient (%).

Data analysis indicate that tests A and B showed similar results in the parameters Hm (mm), total volume, and retention volume; which was not observed for test C that showed higher values for development of dough and total and retention volumes. As shown in Table 6, there are increasing H'm (mm) values from test A to C.

There was no increase between the parameters comparing the trials A and B in relation to dough development indicating that by increasing temperature and reducing time, similar results were found for temperatures of 27 ºC and of 30 ºC, reaching a maximum development (maximum dough height) similar to those of doughs with development time of 42 minutes (Hm = 14.9 mm) and 36 minutes (Hm = 16.1 mm).

Test C showed results with an increase in height in the development of dough (Hm = 22.9 mm). With regard to data of carbon dioxide release, it was observed that the higher the fermentation temperature, the higher the gas release.

Analyzing the results of peak height (Hm, and H'm), time (T1, T'1 and Tx), volumes, and the curves of development of dough and gas release of the complete cycle of the rheofermentometer for the pizza dough with time and temperature of the test (Figure 1), it was found that the maximum development of the dough (T1) occurred after 1 hour and 46 minutes with the maximum height (Hm, mm) of 55.1 mm, and the maximum time of gas release (T'1) was after 1 hour and 27 minutes with maximum height (H'm) of 114.8 mm and time of gas loss (Tx) of 1 hour and 04 minutes. A similar result in the development of dough (Hm, mm) was obtained by Angioloni, Berti and Rose (2004), with a value of 50.47 mm, in a study performed with three types of flour for pizza dough using a rheofermentometer with the goal of decreasing mixing time.

3.2 Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA) Results

For the data analysis, a double-factor analysis of variance (ANOVA) with repetition was used for each attribute, as shown in Table 7, based on Ferreira et al. (2000). For all analyses, when P_panelist value was considered > 0.05, the panel responses did not differ statistically among themselves on a 5% significance level. To verify the difference between the samples, the values F _sample and F_critical were compared, and if F_sample > F_critical, the samples differed from each other. To evaluate whether the panel results followed the same trend, it was considered the parameter P_interactions > 0.05. If P_interactions<0.05, it would produce at least one wrong answer (there was no consensus) among the panelists, and thus a trend graph was built for each attribute (not shown in this paper); and if found that one panelist response did not follow the same trend, it would be excluded, and the ANOVA would be recalculated.

The results of the mean values for each attribute after the Tukey test for the significant values in the ANOVA (P_sample < 0.05) are presented in Table 7.

The profiles of each test (samples) submitted to the sensory analysis are shown graphically in Figure 2, in which the mean value assigned by the panelist for each attribute is marked in the corresponding axis. The center of the figure represents the zero point of the scale used in evaluation, while intensity increases from the center towards the periphery, and the sensory profile is thus revealed when the points are connected (GARRUTI et al., 2003).

It was observed that sample A has distinguished itself from the others by having more pronounced bubble size and uneven porosity showing interaction between the two attributes and similarity to sample C in the attribute color of the edge. It is noteworthy that the porosity is not uniform, and that is a positive characteristic for pizza dough that should have large and small bubbles indicating a kind of rustic/artisanal bread baked in wood-fired brick oven. Sample B is stands out in the attribute presence of bubble on the edge, and it showed a pattern similar to sample C regarding the attributes color of the edge and surface porosity. The three samples differ in the attributes appearance of wood-fired brick oven, and presence of bubble and bubble size. There was no significant difference (p > 0.05) in the attributes aroma and taste, softness of dough, and crispness of the edge.

The data analysis showed that the samples B and C had abundant medium size bubbles on the edge, aroma and taste of baked dough and moderate softness and crispy edges characteristic of pizza crust. These differences are probably related with the time - temperature combination that slightly altered the dough rheology.

For the Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the results of three repetitions of each panelist and the attributes that were significant in the ANOVA were used; thus, the attributes aroma and taste of dough and softness and crispness of the dough edge (not significant at 5%) were removed from the PCA. To choose the representative major components, a correlation matrix was used, in which the factors 1 and 2 explained 71.51% of total data variability.

Figure 3 shows the PCA graph; the results of each sample of pizza dough and the repetitions are indicated by three connected points forming a triangle. Each vertex of the triangle corresponds to the point of the replications attributed by the sensory panel (SANTANA et al., 2006). The samples are characterized by the attributes represented in the figure by the vectors that appear next to them. In this type of graph, the higher the decomposition of the vector on the axes of the components, the greater the need to characterize the differences of the samples (GARRUTI et al., 2003). Therefore, sample A showed higher intensity in bubble size on the edge and uneven porosity of the dough in a scale defined according to the sensory panel. Uneven porosity is an interesting characteristic for pizza dough that presents different size pores/bubbles. Sample B was characterized by the appearance of wood-fired brick oven baked, presence of bubbles in the dough, and porosity of the dough; sample C was characterized by porosity of dough.

It was observed that Factor 1 explains 44.75% of the results variability, and is represented by most of the analyzed attributes, while factor 2 explains 26.76% of the data variability. The attributes that represent the first factor are presence (0.79) and bubble size (-0.83) on the edge, and the porosity (0.85); and those that represent the second factor are appearance of wood-fired brick oven baked (0.85) and color of the edge (0.60).

When the results of the quantitative descriptive analysis of pizza dough underwent Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the sensory characteristics of each sample were observed showing very good agreement with the results obtained by the ANOVA and the radar chart analyses.

4 Conclusion

According to the fermentation parameters of the pizza dough evaluated using a rheofermentometer under the conditions of the selected experimental design, time (t) and temperature (T) were the significant linear factors for carbon dioxide release (H'm, mm), but not for the development of dough (Hm, mm).

According to the QDA and PCA results, samples B (30 ºC/36 minutes) and C (33 º C/42 minutes) showed bubble size, aroma, and taste of baked dough, and crispy edges, which are desired pizza crust characteristics.

The reduction time of fermentation (30% if 1 hour is considered) allowed producing good quality pizza dough with significant production time savings, which represents important cost reduction in the industry, and the product had similar and desired sensory quality if compared with the product made by conventional fermentation process that takes around 1 to 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Aknowledgements

The authors are grateful to Bunge Alimentos S.A. for allowing the use of the rheofermentometer.

Received 13/07/2010

Accepted 15/06/2012 (004923)

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  23 Aug 2012
• Date of issue
  Dec 2012

History

• Received
  13 July 2010
• Accepted
  15 June 2012