Biotechnological production of vitamin B2-enriched bread and pasta

J Agric Food Chem. 2011 Jul 27;59(14):8013-20. doi: 10.1021/jf201519h. Epub 2011 Jun 28.

Abstract

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were obtained from durum wheat flour samples and screened for roseoflavin-resistant variants to isolate natural riboflavin-overproducing strains. Two riboflavin-overproducing strains of Lactobacillus plantarum isolated as described above were used for the preparation of bread (by means of sourdough fermentation) and pasta (using a prefermentation step) to enhance their vitamin B2 content. Pasta was produced from a monovarietal semolina obtained from the durum wheat cultivar PR22D89 and, for experimental purposes, from a commercial remilled semolina. Several samples were collected during the pasta-making process (dough, extruded, dried, and cooked pasta) and tested for their riboflavin content by a high-performance liquid chromatography method. The applied approaches resulted in a considerable increase of vitamin B2 content (about 2- and 3-fold increases in pasta and bread, respectively), thus representing a convenient and efficient food-grade biotechnological application for the production of vitamin B2-enriched bread and pasta. This methodology may be extended to a wide range of cereal-based foods, feed, and beverages. Additionally, this work exemplifies the production of a functional food by a novel biotechnological exploitation of LAB in pasta-making.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Biotechnology / methods*
  • Bread / analysis*
  • Bread / microbiology
  • Fermentation
  • Flour / analysis*
  • Food Microbiology / methods*
  • Lactobacillus plantarum / metabolism
  • Riboflavin / analysis*
  • Riboflavin / metabolism
  • Triticum / chemistry*
  • Triticum / microbiology

Substances

  • Riboflavin