Nutritional Values of Biscuits and Kachari with Varying Concentrations of Germinated Wheat Flour, Pearl Millet Flour and Mung Beans Flour

Abstract

Cluster fig, goolar in hindi, is a medicinal fruit, widely found in India. It is a rich source of iron and other micronutrients. Wheat is a staple food of Indian diet which is an energy dense food. It is a good source of carbohydrate & protein. Pearl Millet is most widely grown type of millet. It is known for its calorie value; vitamins & minerals present in it. Mung bean which belongs to the family of legumes has high calorie in it & is also a very good source of protein & poly-unsaturated fatty acid. For this study cluster fig powder, germinated wheat flour, germinated mung bean flour, germinated pearl millet, carrot powder & beetroot powder have been used. The product development was done using the above-mentioned ingredients. Two products with three treatments of varying quantity of ingredients was used for product development.  The developed products undergone sensory and proximate analysis. Each treatment has three different replications to minimise the error during proximate analysis. Each product has three treatments for sensory evaluation and nutritional assessment with three different replications. The organoleptic evaluation highlight that the taste becomes bitter and the acceptability decrease with. Increased quantity of cluster fig. The proximate analysis concludes that with increase in the quantity of cluster fig, the iron and zinc content of the products increase.  This study shed light on evaluation of organoleptic acceptability and nutritive & medicinal properties of cluster fig. It also provides idea on how much quantity of cluster fig powder & other ingredients should be used in various processed convenience healthy food. The research aims at highlighting the use of cluster fig which is widely available in India but has never been used to make convenience.