The formed melanoidins are probably the predominant
contributors to the control cookies antioxidant capacity. As a result
of Maillard reaction inhibition at low pH and temperature, antioxidant
capacity of anthocyanins-rich blue popping corn and blue
standard corn cookies with 0.5 and 1 g/100 g citric acid was lower
by 56 and 39%, respectively, compared to antioxidant capacity of
their control cookies baked at 200 C for 10 min.