Abstract

Green tea powder (3%, 6%, 9%) was added to green tea bread and physicochemical characteristics of green tea bread were investigated. As the result of measuring the pH of the dough, the pH of control was 5.6 and the pH of the investigated. As the result of measuring the pH of the dough, the pH of control was 5.6 and the pH of the samples were 5.34, 5.29 and 5.26 each. As it is seen above, there is no big difference in the pH of the three different dough. Therefore, it could be that the pH of the dough doesn't really affect on the volume of the bread. As the amount of the green powder was changed, the weight of bread, volume of bread, baking loss rate, the color of the surface, the tenderness of the crumb were affected. The 9% of the green powder gave the most distinguishable affect on these factors. As the amount of thee green tea green tea powder caused the change of color. The result of the sensory evaluation showed that the addition of the green tea powder affected significantly on the quality of the bread. Considering the result of the test, 3% of the green tea powder bread is the best for the production of the bread.

Keywords

• sensory characteristics;
• green tea powder