Under these conditions doughs experienced a similar
instantaneous mixing power during the lag phase , which determine their respective tpeak values (Auger
et al., 2008). Significantly different RMS-contrast values are
observed between the flours, with the lowest for Caphorn, followed
by Isengrain, and Orvantis . During the lag phase, the scale
of segregation was smaller for Caphorn than for Isengrain
and Orvantis, for which a clearer segregation of the protein and
starch phases is observed . These differences lead to
overall more contrasted images for Isengrain, and even more so for
Orvantis . At optimal dough development , the
Caphorn variety also shows a very homogenously spread network
of very fine gluten filaments, whereas Orvantis and Isengrain show
a coarser and more heterogeneously distributed gluten phase
. The high tpeak value of the Caphorn dough e
implicating a high cumulative deformation during mixing e as well
as the small size of its gluten agglomerates could be at the origin of
the fine filamentous gluten network and total absence of any gluten
agglomerates at 1.0