Innovatively processed quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) food : chemistry, structure and end-use characteristics
BACKGROUND: Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) flour and processed traditional Peruvian quinoa breakfast foods were studied to evaluate the effect of extrusion and post-processing on protein properties, morphology and nutritional characteristics (amino acids and dietary fibers). RESULTS: The extrusion increased quinoa protein crosslinking and aggregation observed by size exclusion high-performance