The effect of two conching processes, namely Long Time Conching (LTC) and Short Time Conching (STC), on the content of bioactive compounds and on their activity in chocolate was investigated. The dark chocolates so produced were extracted with both organic solvent and water to investigate the content and different contribution of procyanidins, water-soluble phenolic and melanoidin fractions to the overall antioxidant activity. The procyanidin content and pattern were deeply affected by the different processing conditions: after conching the STC-samples presented a higher amount of monomers compared to the LTC-ones which, in turn, resulted more polymerized as confirmed by the presence of P10 polymers. Both STC- and LTC-products presented comparable phenolic content and FRAP values but products collected at the different conching steps, and in particular during LTC, showed a significant improvement of the radical scavenging properties (TEACPROC). The aqueous extract showed a lower antioxidant activity compared to TEACPROC. Based on the analysis of the melanoidin fraction, no further development of Maillard reaction occurred as a consequence of conching.

Effect of different conching processes on procyanidin content and antioxidant properties of chocolate.

DI MATTIA, CARLA DANIELA
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MARTUSCELLI, MARIA
Membro del Collaboration Group
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SACCHETTI, Giampiero
Membro del Collaboration Group
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MASTROCOLA, Dino
Membro del Collaboration Group
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PITTIA, Paola
Supervision
2014-01-01

Abstract

The effect of two conching processes, namely Long Time Conching (LTC) and Short Time Conching (STC), on the content of bioactive compounds and on their activity in chocolate was investigated. The dark chocolates so produced were extracted with both organic solvent and water to investigate the content and different contribution of procyanidins, water-soluble phenolic and melanoidin fractions to the overall antioxidant activity. The procyanidin content and pattern were deeply affected by the different processing conditions: after conching the STC-samples presented a higher amount of monomers compared to the LTC-ones which, in turn, resulted more polymerized as confirmed by the presence of P10 polymers. Both STC- and LTC-products presented comparable phenolic content and FRAP values but products collected at the different conching steps, and in particular during LTC, showed a significant improvement of the radical scavenging properties (TEACPROC). The aqueous extract showed a lower antioxidant activity compared to TEACPROC. Based on the analysis of the melanoidin fraction, no further development of Maillard reaction occurred as a consequence of conching.
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