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 |
Banana is a climacteric fruit, during post-harvest handling and commercialization, huge quantities of this fruit is lost. Majority of harvested fruit is thus wasted when it reaches central collection station because of less appealing characteristics. Hence, as a solution to minimize this issue, nutrient-rich product was formulated from major underutilized byproducts of banana, i.e., blossom. Banana blossom of Nendran variety was procured from the local market, processed and made into powder. Banana Blossom Powder (BBP) was incorporated in laddu at various concentrations. Mean sensory scores indicated BBP laddu with 35 per cent blossom powder was best accepted with overall acceptability score of 8.42. The best accepted BBP laddu was analysed for nutrient content. The result revealed BBP laddu was rich in potassium (410.37mg), good source of energy, protein, fat, fibre and fair source of calcium, iron, sodium, vitamin C and β- carotene. Microbial population during the storage period of 40 days was evaluated. Total bacterial population of best accepted laddu during 40th day was 1.3 x 103cfu/g and the mold population was 2.2 x 102cfu/g. Cost of the product was less than that of the product available in the market with extended nutrient content.
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