2.5.5. Breadcrumb texture profile analysis
Texture measurements were performed on two slices (20 mm thick), cut out from the central part of the three replicated loaves for each mixture of refined flour and pearled fraction, 4 h after baking. On average, six measurements per slice were made. The bread slices were compressed in the central area using a SMS P/35 flat probe (Stable Micro Systems) for a 50% deformation of the slice (Wang, Rosell, & Benedito de Barber, 2002) with a waiting time between the two bites of 30 s, using 1 mm s1 as the speed test(Caballero, Gómez, & Rosell, 2007).