Breadcrumb-like products are often used in the food industry to enhance
fried-like texture. These have been made by the traditional method of
crumb production. In the present work, an attempt has been made to
produce superbake breadcrumb by extrusion on a BC-45. Extruded
products were evaluated for density, expansion, fat uptake and taste. The
results obtained showed that extrusion conditions singly or in combination
affected the properties of the breadcrumb. High temperature and low
moisture content gave less dense product, which affected frying behavior
of chicken cubes. Oil absorption was reduced slightly with increased
extrusion temperature. An acceptability test of two extruded breadcrumbs
against Morton’s a commercial product used as control, was
determined in application on chicken nuggets. A significant difference
was found between the acceptability of the Morton’s breadcrumbs and
one of the samples (Tech 42810) extruded at 120C.