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Development Of Carrot Pomace And Wheat Flour Based Cookies, Navneet Kumar Dr.
Development Of Carrot Pomace And Wheat Flour Based Cookies, Navneet Kumar Dr.
Navneet Kumar
Carrot is the excellent source of beta carotene and other vitamins. The carrot is utilized as raw, cooked vegetable, sweet meats or as juice and beverages. Carrot pomace is the by-product of carrot juice extraction process. The carrot pomace was dried in hot air oven at 65°C and then grinded to pass through 2 mm sieve. Dried carrot pomace was added in different proportions (0 –9%) to fine wheat flour, shortening, sugar and water. The formulation was baked at 175 °C for 12 min. in the gas oven with air circulation. The moisture content of cookies was measured using hot …
Effect Of Sugar, Pectin And Acid Balance On The Quality Characteristics Of Pineapple (Ananas Comosus) Jam., Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Dorinda Nartey, Joseph Ashong, George Annor
Effect Of Sugar, Pectin And Acid Balance On The Quality Characteristics Of Pineapple (Ananas Comosus) Jam., Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Dorinda Nartey, Joseph Ashong, George Annor
Joseph Okai Ashong
Investigations were conducted on the effects of sugar concentration (0%, 50%, and 100%), pH balance (3.0, 3.2, and 3.5) and high methoxy pectin concentration (0%, 0.5%, and 1.0%) on the chemical, physico-chemical characteristic of pineapple jams using standard analytical methods. Inclusion of 50% sugar was observed to improve the colour of the jam as well as the texture, gel set and solid content. The low calorie jams had unacceptable texture, colour, gel set and total soluble solids content. The jams of this formulation were too soft, and could not hold their form. Addition of 100% sugar concentration did not improve …