Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 2

Evaluation of nutritional values in biscuits and cookies developed using partially defatted peanut flour

  • Author:
  • Kripa Seth, Anita Kochhar
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 170 to 174

Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India

*Email: kripa.seth@gmail.com

Online published on 30 November, 2019.

Abstract

Evaluation of sweet biscuits, salty biscuits and cookies prepared by incorporating partially defatted peanut flour for sensory attributes using eight point hedonic rating scale and nutritional composition of the products by using standard methods revealed that sweet biscuits and cookies supplemented with 10 per cent and salty biscuits with 15 per cent of partially defatted peanut flour showed overall acceptability at 7.74, 7.74 and 7.88, respectively. The value added products continued high protein, iron and calcium content.

Keywords

Biscuits, Cookies, Nutritional composition, Partially defatted peanut flour, Sensory evaluation