Standardization and evaluation of jaggery based nutriment bars

Abstract

A wholesome diet containing fruits and vegetables play a major role as they are micronutrient dense foods and protects from many life style diseases. Different formulations were developed with 30% jaggery, groundnuts, and oats and pumpkin seeds as constant. Pineapple, beetroot and dates were varied for preparation of nutriment bars. Bar with more amount of dates was please able followed by high amount of dates, then high amount of pineapple and least with beetroot. As the amount of beetroot increased the acceptability was low compared to the other formulations due to its poor appearance. All the sensory parameters and its acceptance in the descending order dates>equal amounts of pineapple, beetroot and high amounts of dates>pineapple>beetroot.