Addition of different tuna meal levels to pizza dough

• Main Authors: Daniel Abreu Vasconcelos Campelo, Maria Luiza Rodrigues de Souza, Lorena Batista de Moura, Tadeu Orlandi Xavier, Grazyella Massako Yoshida, Elenice Souza dos Reis Goes, Jane Martha Graton Mikcha
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL)
• Series: Brazilian Journal of Food Technology
• Subjects: Atum despadronizado; Massa alimentícia; Ômega-3; Tecnologia do pescado
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-67232017000100405&lng=en&tlng=en

Abstract The aim of this study was to develop pizza dough with different levels of tuna meal (Tunnus spp.). In order to produce tuna meal, tuna torsos without fins were used, cooked for 1 hour, pressed, milled and dehydrated for 24 hours at 60 °C. Pizza dough was produced without (0%) or with the addition of 5, 10, 15 and 20% of tuna meal, calculated based on the quantity of wheat flour. The tuna meal and different pizza pastries were analyzed for moisture content, crude protein, total lipids, ash, carbohydrates, caloric value and fatty acid profiles. Microbiological and sensory analyses were also carried out on the pizza pastries. The increasing addition of tuna meal resulted in gains in the crude protein (10.89 to 18.94%), total lipid (4.63 to 5.89%) and ash (2.54 to 3.54%) contents of the pizza pastries, not influencing the moisture content or caloric value. The inclusion of tuna meal linearly increased the quantity of n-3 series fatty acids in the pizza pastry, from 1.56 to 5.93 g/kg with the addition of 20% tuna meal. The ratio between the polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids in the tuna meal and pizza pastries varied from 1.21 to 1.85. The microbiological analyses showed that the pizza pastries were produced under proper hygiene conditions. It was also observed that the addition of 5 to 20% of tuna meal to the pizza pastry did not significantly (p>0.05) alter the parameters of aroma, flavor, overall impression and purchase intention. It was therefore concluded that the addition of 5 to 20% tuna meal is effective in improving the nutritional value and fatty acid profile of pizza pastry.