t. At present, the use of by-products from plant
food production is gaining more interest because these products
contain a large amount of valuable nutritional compounds e.g.
dietary fibre, proteins, polyphenols, unsaturated fatty acids, vita-
mins. The by-products improve both the nutritional profile and
the health-promoting properties of bakery products but simulta-
neously impair some technological properties, which is strongly
related to the structure of the gluten network. FT-IR spectroscopy
was used to determine changes in the gluten structure through the
addition of by-products from the vegetable industry and cold oil
pressing production. The supplements were added to the com-
mon wheat dough in the amounts of 3, 6, 9 and 12%. Analysis
of the spectra indicates that changes in the gluten structure and
the distribution of water populations are connected with the type
of technological process from which the supplement originat-
ed and hence its chemical composition. Vegetable supplements
cause the formation of aggregated structures such as pseudo-β-
sheets, whereas gluten samples modified by oil supplements
contain mainly basic secondary structures i.e. α-helices, β-turns
and antiparallel-β-sheets. With regard to the water populations, oil
supplements do not affect them or affect them slightly. Vegetable
supplements lead to the formation of a weaker gluten network.
This is observed in the form of a decrease in the number of strong
hydrogen bonds.