Abstract
Plant derived products have attracted enormous attention due to their diverse range of biological and therapeutic properties. Gymnema sylvestre is an underutilized medicinal herb that is widely distributed in different parts of the world. It is rich in phytochemicals with antidiabetic and antiobesity properties; however, it is less popular due to its bitter taste. This study was focused on developing a sauce using leaves of Gymnema sylvestre. The most acceptable composition (17.2% water, 4.8% vinegar, 3.2% sweet potato, 2.6% chili, 2.0% sugar, 2.0% cinnamon, 2.0% cardamom, 1.8% ginger, 1.8% garlic, 1.2% onion, 1.2% salt, 0.1% citric acid, and 0.1% sodium benzoate) of the sauce was with 60% leaf extract. Final product contains 73.54% ± 1.68 moisture, 19.92% ± 2.59 carbohydrate, 2.98% ± 0.44 ash, 2.61% ± 0.58 protein, 0.88% ± 0.05 fiber, and 0.05% ± 0.01 fat. The total flavonoid content was 243.67 ± 8.57 µ moles of rutin equivalent, total phenolic content was 65.44 ± 0.51 µ moles of gallic acid equivalent, and % of inhibition of DPPH of total antioxidant capacity was 43.70 ± 0.72. Sauce formulated with 1000 ppm sodium benzoate had six weeks of shelf life. The results showed that development of a sauce from G. sylvestre leaves is an effective way of delivering the health benefits to the potential consumers.
Highlights
People are looking for a quick, easy, and convenient food
Fast foods are in high demand
High consumption of fast food leads to health problems [1, 2]
Summary
People are looking for a quick, easy, and convenient food. fast foods are in high demand. Sauce is a more popular food product among people due to the increased consumption of fast food. It is one of the instant side dishes which is used for dipping or used as a condiment. G. sylvestre is a dicotyledonous medicinal herb belonging to the family Asclepiadaceae which is known as “Masbadda” in Sinhala and “Chirukurinja” in Tamil [4, 5]. It is well known for its sweet taste suppressing activity and is found to be useful for the treatment of diabetes mellitus and obesity [6, 7]. This study was focused on developing novel functional food product from G. sylvestre leaves, mainly to supply the health benefit to fast food consumers
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