flaxseed and refined wheat flour was further used for physicochemical
analysis of process and product. Our results are in
accordance with Ramcharitar, Badrie, Mattfeldt-Beman, Matsuo,
and Ridley (2005) who observed muffin containing 11.6% milled
flaxseed by weight was rated as significantly less acceptable than
the control muffin. Further the gluten level was optimised at 3(g/
100 g) level in refined wheat flour bread with 10(g/100 g) roasted
ground flaxseed (Table 5).
3.5. Effect of roasted ground flaxseed level on water absorption of
refined wheat flour
With the increased flaxseed level; an increase in water absorption
was observed. This may be due to dietary fibres and gums
present in flaxseed. As can be seen from Fig 1 therewere significant
(p < 0.05) differences observed among 5, 10 and 15(g/100 g) flaxseed
substituted refined wheat flour dough.