Quality Characteristic of Development Defatted Soya Flour and Aloe vera Based Functional Biscuits

Abstract

Biscuits are one of the world's most consumed foods and are highly demanded. On this basis, for its functional properties, attempts were made to develop biscuits incorporating Aloe-vera gel. For the making of the composite flour, defatted soya flour and rice bran were blended with refined wheat flour (Maida) in various proportions before being fortified with Aloe vera gel at amounts ranging from 5 to 20%. The possibility of fortified the Aloe-vera gel to formulate the functional biscuit which have the ability to improve the quality of food product due to different functional attributes. The study's main objective was to characterise the nutritional and sensory qualities of Aloe-vera-based biscuits. The immediate structure and sensory evaluation of biscuits with 10%,20%and 30% Aloe-vera were studied to determine the optimal formulation. It has been found that biscuits containing 20% Aloe-vera gel are the superior to biscuits containing 20% and 30% Aloe-vera. Protein enrichment of biscuit satisfies the demand for a higher content of the nutrient, as these product tend to have lower content of protein (7-10%). Due to their useful features,It would be helpful to provide more specific details about the functional attributes of Aloe vera gel and how it contributes to the improvement of the quality of the food product.The biscuits based on Aloe vera can also be beneficial to the most vulnerable population in poor countries. Biscuits are popular and convenient food product due to ready to eat nature.