National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Traditional Indian snacks namely Matthi and Seviya using partially defatted peanut cake flour at 10 per cent level and powdered fenugreek leaves powder at 1 per cent level were developed with an aim to eradicate malnutrition. The freshly prepared products were analysed for their nutritional parameters. The products were stored in three different packaging materials like glass jars, aluminium zip pouch + glass jar and plastic zip pouch + glass jar for a period of 90 days at ambient temperature. They were analysed for their nutritional parameters after 90 days of storage and microbial quality every fortnightly. Shelf life studies revealed that the although the proximate and mineral composition of all the products reduced in all three packaging materials, the composition was better retained in glass jars, aluminium zip pouch + glass jar when compared to the products stored in plastic zip lock pouch + glass jar. Aflatoxin was also not detected in any of the products. The microbial quality of the products reduced after 60 days of storage. Total plate count and fungal counts were higher for products stored in plastic zip lock pouch + glass jar. However, pathogenic micro-organisms like E. coli and Staphylococcus spp. were not detected.
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