As a control sample wheat bread without pumpkins additive was evaluated.
It was established, that the quality of wheat bread decreased increasing dried pumpkins additive to the
wheat dough. The highest assessment (5 points) received wheat bread with 10% of dried pumpkin
additive. The quality of wheat bread with elevated (over 10% from the total flour amount) dried pumpkins
additive became unacceptable, because of worse porosity (pores have irregular forms), stickier bread soft
part, and unpleasantly sweetish bread taste. Therefore for the further experiments wheat bread samples
with 10% of dried pumpkins additive were used.
The yellowness (b*) value of wheat bread with pumpkins additive soft part were 1.23 times more
pronounced comparing to a control sample, mainly because yellow colour of pumpkins. However the
lightness (luminance) (L*) value in the experimental bread sample was very similar (Table 2).
In bread sample with pumpkins additive the carotenoid content increased 5.5 times comparing to the
control bread sample. Mainly, because pumpkins are rich in the mentioned nutrient.
The moisture content of ready product mainly depends on added water amount during dough making.
Experimentally it was found, that the moisture content of the control bread sample and bread sample with