From stale bread and brewers spent grain to a new food source using edible filamentous fungi
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2020

By-products from the food sector with a high load of organic matter present both a waste-handling problem related to expenses and to the environment, yet also an opportunity. This study aims to increase the value of stale bread and brewers spent grain (BSG) by re-introducing these residues to the food production chain by converting them to new protein-enriched products using the edible filamentous fungi Neurospora intermedia and Rhizopusoryzae. After 6 days of solid state fermentation (at 35°C, with a95% relative humidity and moisture content of 40% in the substrate) on stale bread, a nutrient-rich fungal-fermented product was produced. The total protein content, as analyzed by total amino acids, increased from 16.5% in stale sourdough bread to 21.1% (on dry weight basis) in the final product with an improved relative ratio of essential amino acids. An increase in dietary fiber, minerals (Cu, Fe, Zn) and vitamin E, as well as an addition of vitamin D2 (0.89 µg/g dry weight sample) was obtained compared with untreated stale bread. Furthermore, addition of BSG to the sourdough bread with the aim to improve textural changes after fermentation showed promising outcomes. Cultivation of N. intermedia or R. oryzae on stale sourdough bread mixed with 6.5% or 11.8% BSG, respectively, resulted in fungal-fermented products with similar textural properties to a commercial soybean burger. Bioconversion of stale bread and BSG by fungal solid state fermentation to produce a nutrient-enriched food product was confirmed to be a successful way to minimize food waste and protein shortage.

edible filamentous fungi

stale bread

brewers spent grain

solid state fermentation

Neurospora intermedia

Författare

R. Gmoser

Högskolan i Borås

Rikard Fristedt

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Livsmedelsvetenskap

Karin Larsson

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Livsmedelsvetenskap

Ingrid Undeland

Chalmers, Biologi och bioteknik, Livsmedelsvetenskap

Mohammad Taherzadeh Esfahani

Högskolan i Borås

Patrik R Lennartsson

Högskolan i Borås

Bioengineered Bugs

2165-5979 (ISSN) 2165-5987 (eISSN)

Vol. 11 1 582-598

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Ämneskategorier

Livsmedelsvetenskap

Polymerteknologi

Näringslära

DOI

10.1080/21655979.2020.1768694

PubMed

32449450

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2020-06-16