Produção de biomassa de Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina platensis) para alimentação humana

• Autor(a) principal: Barros, Katharina Kardinele da Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFPB
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/4089
• topic: Spirulina platensis; Macarrão; Avaliação sensorial; Spirulina platensis; Macaroni; Sensory evaluation; CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS::TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS

The Spirulina platensis has been studied by presenting high protein content (50 70% of its weight), essential amino acids, vitamins (especially B12), minerals, and pigments (carotenoids, phycocyanin and chlorophyll), polyunsaturated fatty acids, including omega-3 fatty acids and other biologically active compounds. The objective of the present study was to develop a food product like macaroni fortified with S. platensis biomass for human consumption, with microbiological stability and satisfactory organoleptic and nutritional characteristics. To prepare the macaroni, tests were made to obtain biomass in two situations: photobioreactor and tank cultivation; being these harvested in exponential growth and stationary phase and dry in freeze dryer and adiabatic dryer. After considering the produced biomasses, the biomass cultivated in tank and harvested in the exponential growth phase and dried in the adiabatic dryer was used to elaborate the macaroni in three concentrations: 5, 10 and 15%. Analyses were realized for microbiological and physical-chemical parameters of S. platensis biomasses and macaroni. The elaborated macaroni was evaluated sensorially by a panel of 58 untrained panelists who performed sensory tests for acceptance and purchase intent for selection of the best formulation. The results obtained in the physical-chemical analyses of the biomass grown in the three situations showed that there is no significant difference between the centesimal composition of S. platensis for the content of protein, lipids, carbohydrates and calories, cultivated in photobioreactor and in tank or when the produced biomass was dried in freeze dryer or hothouse. For the biomass harvested in the exponential growth or stationary phase, as to composition, it was shown that there is an increase in the percentage of carbohydrates, lipids and ash and decrease in protein and calories content when the cyanobacteria is in the stationary phase. Based on the analysis of the macaroni‟s composition, it was observed that increasing the concentration of S. platensis in the formulations resulted in an increase in protein and minerals, and consequent increase in nutritional value. According to the sensorial evaluation results, the products had good acceptance, providing the formulation with 5.0% S. platensis score of like slightly , the same was also obtained by the one containing 15.0% and the formulation with 10.0% had a score of like moderately . The highest percentage of overall assessment was presented by the macaroni enriched with 10.0% of S. platensis, obtaining 93.10% of positive assessments. Therefore is possible to develop food products, like the macaroni added biomass of S. platensis, becoming another alimentary alternative with better nutritional characteristics and able to promote health benefits to the consumer.