The invention discloses a pure highland barley
powder extrusion puffing
process optimization method, and belongs to the technical field of
food extrusion processing. According to the method, the technical problems that the high-
fiber highland barley
powder is easily subjected to insufficient puffing and too hard texture in the
extrusion process, and the
retention rate of heat-sensitive functional components such as beta-
glucan is low are solved. The method comprises the following steps: optimizing process parameters based on a multi-
target response surface method, and determining the
water content of materials, the temperatures of a first region, a second region, a third region and a fourth region of a
machine barrel and the rotating speed of a screw; carrying out low-temperature
superfine grinding on the highland barley
powder; a compound emulsifier and edible
sodium bicarbonate are added during hardening and
tempering; during
extrusion, the
temperature gradient between the third area and the fourth area is controlled to be smaller than or equal to 20 DEG C; the method is mainly used for producing the high-quality pure highland barley puffed food, the puffing rate and the beta-
glucan retention rate of the product can be synergistically improved, the
hardness of the product is effectively controlled, and the eating quality and the nutritional value are improved.