Volume 54, Issue 4 p. 1423-1432
Original Article

New food ingredients from broccoli by-products: physical, chemical and technological properties

Meng Shi

Meng Shi

Tea Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058 China

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Mya Myintzu Hlaing

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Mya Myintzu Hlaing

CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, VIC, 3030 Australia

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DanYang Ying

DanYang Ying

CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, VIC, 3030 Australia

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JianHui Ye

JianHui Ye

Tea Research Institute of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058 China

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Luz Sanguansri

Luz Sanguansri

CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, VIC, 3030 Australia

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Mary Ann Augustin

Mary Ann Augustin

CSIRO Agriculture and Food, 671 Sneydes Road, Werribee, VIC, 3030 Australia

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First published: 07 February 2019
Citations: 29

Summary

Broccoli stems and leaves examined were rich in protein (23.2%, dry weight), fibre (36.5%, dry weight) and polyphenols (11.4 mg gallic acid equivalents g−1). Chlorogenic acid, neochlorogenic acid and quinic acid were the major phenolics found. Broccoli by-products have potential to be developed as differentiated food ingredients by separation. On a dry basis, the pomace and washed pomace fractions were enriched in fibre and had higher water-holding but lower water solubility and emulsifying capacity compared to juice and supernatant from washed pomace, which were enriched in protein. The juice and supernatant had higher polyphenol content and higher antioxidant activity, suggesting that polyphenols were the major contributors to antioxidant activity. For convenience of use, the products may be supplied as packaged powdered ingredients, but this was practical only for broccoli stems and leaves and pomaces as these powders had higher glass transition temperatures than the juice and supernatant fractions.