Research Article

Technological Properties of Wheat/Trifoliate Yam (Dioscorea dumetorum) Hardened Tubers Composite Flours

Table 4

Rheologic characteristics of various wheat/hardened-yam composite flours.

Rheologic characteristics0%10%20%30%40%

Incorporation level of hardened-yam flour
(mm)699223142
(mm)589111010
1.191.062.013.114.11
(10−4 J)1484101622

⁢Incorporation level of the flour of hardened-
yam treated with kanwa
(mm)6918325065
(mm)5891199
1.191.632.785.667.39
W (10−4 J)14810172330

⁢Incorporation level of fermented hardened-
yam flour
(mm)696212638
(mm)5881089
1.190.842.193.164.38
(10−4 J)1482101117

= tenacity; = extensibility; = deformation energy.