STANDARDISATION, SHELF LIFE STUDY AND NUTRIENT COMPOSITION OF THE BEETROOT ENRICHED KODO MILLET PASTA

Author (s) : Dr.D.KARUNA THARA, C.MADHUMETHA

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Abstract :
Kodo millet is a tropical small millet crop, indigenous to India and grown for grain fodder purpose. Kodo millet is highly nutritious and a good substitute to rice or wheat. Kodo millets are rich in B vitamins, especially niacin, B6 and folic acid, as well as the minerals such as calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium and zinc. Beetroot has numerous health benifits due its chemical composition, such as fibre, vitamins, minerals, phenolic compounds and Betalians. The antioxidant properties of beetroot help is preventing cancer and beneficial for cardio-vascular diseases. It is used as natural colouring agent in several products. Realizing the awareness of the consumers towards the nutritional and health constituents present in processed products, the study was conducted to develop the beetroot enriched kodo millet pasta which could serve the nutritional needs, by providing health promoting properties from developed product. In the present study kodo millet pasta enriched with betalians as natural colorant from beetroot was done by varying the proportions of beetroot fine pulp, course pulp and dehydrated powder. The optimized product studied for stability during storage. Results revealed that the pasta can be stored up to five months without any quality deterioration of the product. The nutrient analysis illustrate that 100 g sample of beetroot enriched kodo millet pasta contains 10.50 per cent moisture, 9.88 per cent protein, 1.80 per cent fat, 1.62 per cent crude fiber, 1.28 per cent ash, 76.54 per cent carbohydrates, 1.25 mg of iron, 2.28 mg of zinc and 40.57 mg of calcium.

Keywords : nutritional, health.

Conference Date : 13/11/2020

Pages : 247

Paper ID : 20247