Gluten-free wholemeal pita flatbread based on extruded flours of rice and chickpea.
Celiac Disease; Extrusion; Flatbread; Pulses; bakery
Wheat-based bread is a food widely consumed in all parts of the world, however, with the
increasing incidence of gluten intolerance - celiac disease -, which affects about 1% of the world
population, it is necessary to formulate wheat-based breads. other raw materials without this
protein union. Along with this need comes the technological difficulty of producing an
acceptable bread that is sensorially and nutritionally adequate since gluten is what confers
important characteristics to bread such as elasticity, retention of gas from fermentation and
viscosity. This work aims to formulate a gluten-free wholemeal pita bread based on extruded
chickpea and rice flours, which meets the nutritional characteristics as a source of dietary fiber
and with good sensory acceptance, aiming to serve not only the group of people with dietary
restrictions.