Abstract:
To investigate the effect of baking technology on vitamin E content of millet, its DPPH free radical scavenging rate and ABTS free radical scavenging rate, single factor test, Box-Behnken center combination test and response surface analysis were used to explore the influence of baking temperature, baking time and moisture content of millet. Moreover, the process parameters were optimized. The results showed that the average of vitamin E content was 74.50 μg/g, the averages of DPPH free radical scavenging rate and ABTS free radical scavenging rate were 44.58% and 44.45%, respectively, under the conditions of baking temperature 175 ℃, baking time 5 min and millet moisture content 20%, which were in good agreement with the predicted values.