Indian Journal of Small Ruminants (The)

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  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue: 1

Quality and economic evaluation of functional chevon patties fortified with microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid powder

2College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences CSK Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur-176 062, Himachal Pradesh

Department of Livestock Products Technology, College of Veterinary Science, Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab

1College of Dairy Science and Technology, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Ludhiana-141 004, Punjab

Abstract

Astudy was conducted for the evaluation of quality and economics of functional chevon patties enriched with microencapsulated docosahexaenoic acid powder (MDP). Pre-standardized patties were incorporated with MDP at three different levels (T1-1.0%, T2-2.0% and T3-3.0%) and compared with the control (No MDP). The pH, emulsion stability and yield were comparable in all the treated and control patties. Significant (P<0.05) improvement was recorded in cohesiveness, chewiness, gumminess and resilience with increasing levels of MDP. Colour profile viz., L*, b*, C* and H* were significantly (P<0.05) higher in the treated patties than the control. Appearance, flavour and overall acceptability scores of T1 and T2 were comparable to the control and significantly (P<0.05) lower for T3. The cost of production was marginally higher (7.27%) in treated patties than the control. The net returns and the margin of safety was significantly higher (P<0.05) in T2 than the control. Break-even output was achieved earlier for T2 than the control. The benefit: cost ratio was higher for both the control and T2. It was concluded that incorporation of 2% MDP in the patties gives higher returns and improves quality.

Keywords

Break-even output, Chevon patties, Fixed costs, Omega-3 fatty acids, Variable costs