PMID- 33255788 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201226 IS - 2304-8158 (Print) IS - 2304-8158 (Electronic) IS - 2304-8158 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 12 DP - 2020 Nov 25 TI - High-Quality Gluten-Free Sponge Cakes without Sucrose: Inulin-Type Fructans as Sugar Alternatives. LID - 10.3390/foods9121735 [doi] LID - 1735 AB - Due to its structural and organoleptic functions, sucrose is one of the primary ingredients of many baked confectionery products. In turn, the growing awareness of the association between sugar overconsumption and the development of chronic diseases has prompted the urgent need to reduce the amount of refined sugar in foods. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of complete sucrose replacement with inulin-type fructans (ITFs), namely fructooligosaccharide (FOS), inulin (INU) or oligofructose-enriched inulin (SYN), with different degrees of polymerization on the technological parameters and sensory quality of gluten-free sponge cakes (GFSs). The use of ITFs as the sole sweetening ingredient resulted in the similar appearance of the experimental GFSs to that of the control sample. In addition, all GFSs containing ITFs had similar height, while their baking weight loss was significantly (p < 0.05) lower compared to the control products. The total sugar exchange for long-chain INU increased the crumb hardness, while the crumb of the GFS with FOS was as soft as of the control products. The sensory analysis showed that the GFS containing FOS obtained the highest scores for the overall quality assessment, similar to the sugar-containing control sponge cake. The results obtained prove that sucrose is not necessary to produce GFSs with appropriate technological parameters and a high sensory quality. Thus, it can be concluded that sucrose can be successfully replaced with ITF, especially with FOS, in this type of baked confectionery product. FAU - Krupa-Kozak, Urszula AU - Krupa-Kozak U AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8580-2851 AD - Department of Chemistry and Biodynamics of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland. FAU - Drabinska, Natalia AU - Drabinska N AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5324-5982 AD - Department of Chemistry and Biodynamics of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland. AD - Food Science Department, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Paterna, 46980 Valencia, Spain. FAU - Rosell, Cristina M AU - Rosell CM AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7197-5874 AD - Food Science Department, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology (IATA-CSIC), Paterna, 46980 Valencia, Spain. FAU - Pilat, Beata AU - Pilat B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-6771-2753 AD - Chair of Food Plant Chemistry and Processing, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland. FAU - Starowicz, Malgorzata AU - Starowicz M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6053-2250 AD - Department of Chemistry and Biodynamics of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland. FAU - Jelinski, Tomasz AU - Jelinski T AD - Department of Chemical and Physical Properties of Food, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland. FAU - Szmatowicz, Beata AU - Szmatowicz B AD - Sensory Laboratory, Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences, 10-748 Olsztyn, Poland. LA - eng GR - No. 05-1/KNOW2/2015/KNOW (Leading National Research Centre) Scientific Consortium: "Healthy Animal - Safe Food"(decision of Ministry of Science and Higher Education/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201125 PL - Switzerland TA - Foods JT - Foods (Basel, Switzerland) JID - 101670569 PMC - PMC7760795 OTO - NOTNLM OT - cake OT - celiac disease OT - clean label OT - dietary fibre OT - obesity OT - sensory quality OT - sucrose replacement OT - texture profile COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2020/12/02 06:00 MHDA- 2020/12/02 06:01 PMCR- 2020/11/25 CRDT- 2020/12/01 01:09 PHST- 2020/10/16 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/11/22 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/01 01:09 [entrez] PHST- 2020/12/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/12/02 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/11/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - foods9121735 [pii] AID - foods-09-01735 [pii] AID - 10.3390/foods9121735 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Foods. 2020 Nov 25;9(12):1735. doi: 10.3390/foods9121735.