Assessment of Fiber-Enriched Pita Bread in The Lebanese Market: A Positive Correlation Between Dry Crude Fiber Content and TTA

DOI: 10.22161/ijeab.55.22

Keyword: Pita, bread, Fiber, TTA, bran, oat.

Abstract: Due to increased health awareness, many people are making the switch from the traditional low-fiber Lebanese white pita bread to healthier high-fiber pita bread alternatives. Even though the price-to-weight ratio of white pita bread is controlled and unified among all Lebanese bakeries and brands and is enforced by the Lebanese Ministry of Economy and Trade, there is a highly significant difference in the price-to-weight ratio among the different brands that offer high-fiber pita bread. We sought to investigate the root cause of this difference by assessing the composition of two of the most sold high-fiber pita bread types in Lebanon (brown and oat). We tested brown and oat pita bread from three different Lebanese bakeries for price-to-weight ratio, fiber content, TTA, pH, moisture, and calories per gram. Using Pearson correlation coefficient, we did not detect any correlation between the price and any of the tested properties; however, a highly positive correlation between crude fiber content and TTA was detected.

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Ali Al Khatib, Hassan Hajj Hussein, Zeinab Joumaa, Mahmoud Farhat, Sami Tlais et al."Assessment of Fiber-Enriched Pita Bread in The Lebanese Market: A Positive Correlation Between Dry Crude Fiber Content and TTA". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 5, no. 5, 2020, pp.1351-1356 AI Publications doi:10.22161/ijeab.55.22

Ali Al Khatib, Hassan Hajj Hussein, Zeinab Joumaa, Mahmoud Farhat, Sami Tlais, P.(2020).Assessment of Fiber-Enriched Pita Bread in The Lebanese Market: A Positive Correlation Between Dry Crude Fiber Content and TTA. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).5(5), 1351-1356.10.22161/ijeab.55.22

Ali Al Khatib, Hassan Hajj Hussein, Zeinab Joumaa, Mahmoud Farhat, Sami Tlais, P.(2020).Assessment of Fiber-Enriched Pita Bread in The Lebanese Market: A Positive Correlation Between Dry Crude Fiber Content and TTA. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).5(5), pp.1351-1356.

Ali Al Khatib, Hassan Hajj Hussein, Zeinab Joumaa, Mahmoud Farhat, Sami Tlais. 2020."Assessment of Fiber-Enriched Pita Bread in The Lebanese Market: A Positive Correlation Between Dry Crude Fiber Content and TTA". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).5(5):1351-1356.Doi:10.22161/ijeab.55.22

Ali Al Khatib, Hassan Hajj Hussein, Zeinab Joumaa, Mahmoud Farhat, Sami Tlais."Assessment of Fiber-Enriched Pita Bread in The Lebanese Market: A Positive Correlation Between Dry Crude Fiber Content and TTA", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.5,no. 5, pp.1351-1356,2020.

@article { alialkhatib2020assessment,
title={Assessment of Fiber-Enriched Pita Bread in The Lebanese Market: A Positive Correlation Between Dry Crude Fiber Content and TTA},
author={Ali Al Khatib, Hassan Hajj Hussein, Zeinab Joumaa, Mahmoud Farhat, Sami Tlais , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={5},
year= {2020} ,
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