Grain, flour and dough characteristics of organically grown spelt cultivars in relation to bread properties

Józef Tyburski

Department of Agroecosystems and Horticulture, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Pl. Łódzki 3, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland

Katarzyna Małgorzata Majewska

Department of Food Plant Chemistry and Processing, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Pl. Cieszyński 1, 10-726 Olsztyn, Poland

Krystyna Żuk-Gołaszewska

Department of Agrotechnology and Agribusiness, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 8, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland

Janusz Gołaszewski

Faculty of Health Sciences University of Lomza, Poland

Erkan Yalçın

Department of Food Engineering, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Gölköy Campus 14030, Bolu, Türkiye


Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the selected physicochemical parameters of flours and rheological parameters of dough and quality parameters of breads of organically grown spelt cultivars, to evaluate the interrelationship between the analysis results and harvest year, and to describe the relationships between spelt flour quality parameters (explanatory variables, X) and its bread quality parameters (dependent variables, Y). The relationships were examined by partial least square regression (PLS-R) analysis. The PLS-R analysis was extended to PLS-path modelling (PLS-PM). Global goodness of fit for the first two PLS-R components, t1 and t2, were determined at Q2cum= 0.127, and it exceeded the threshold value of 0.0975. Two components were explained as 54.5% and 74.5% of variation in dependent and explanatory variables, respectively. Breads made from cv. Oberkulmer Rotkorn and cv. Ostro received the highest scores in terms of overall quality. The quality of spelt bread was mainly dependent on its grain parameters.


Keywords:

organic spelt wheat, grain, flour, dough, bread properties, partial least square modelling


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2025-12-30

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Tyburski, J. ., Majewska, K. M. ., Żuk-Gołaszewska, K. ., Gołaszewski, J. ., & Yalçın, E. (2025). Grain, flour and dough characteristics of organically grown spelt cultivars in relation to bread properties . Polish Journal of Natural Sciences, 40(4), 223–242. https://doi.org/10.31648/pjns.10964

Józef Tyburski 
Department of Agroecosystems and Horticulture, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Pl. Łódzki 3, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland
Katarzyna Małgorzata Majewska 
Department of Food Plant Chemistry and Processing, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Pl. Cieszyński 1, 10-726 Olsztyn, Poland
Krystyna Żuk-Gołaszewska 
Department of Agrotechnology and Agribusiness, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, ul. Oczapowskiego 8, 10-718 Olsztyn, Poland
Janusz Gołaszewski 
Faculty of Health Sciences University of Lomza, Poland
Erkan Yalçın 
Department of Food Engineering, Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University, Gölköy Campus 14030, Bolu, Türkiye







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