Abstract
The aim of this study was (I) to create a new product, smart bar type which can be consumed as protective food by adults and children (II) to characterize the bioactive compounds from the designed food. The bioactive compounds were identified from nuts, raw seeds of almonds, dry cranberries, dry plums and flax seeds. Secoisolariciresinol (683 ppm) has been identified as a major compound in flax seeds. The vitamin C was quantified by HPLC in a concentration of 35.02 mg% in cranberries extract. The total phenolic content varied from 7.1 mg/g for walnut to 71.8 mg/g for cranberries. In addition, the antioxidative capability of phenolic compounds was monitored and evaluated using a colored free radical 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). Almond showed better results than walnut in the antioxidant capacity test. The results obtained in this study collect information that enables the use of nuts, raw seeds of almonds, dry cranberries, dry plums and flax seeds as raw material for the production of smart bar which may serve as a new product for food market.
Highlights
Diet is the foundation of our life, it representing a permanent acting factor that leads metabolic processes development, due to the fact that food is considered the source and regulator of exchanges processes
It is clear that today the population orientation is to consume: foodstuff containing compounds that promote health, such as: antioxidants, vitamins, calcium, magnesium, flavones, mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids, especially alphalinolenic acid, strengthening by this way the belief according to which “through a right attitude, including nutrition, you can prevent cancer” (Alzamora et al, 2005; Jones and Jew, 2007; Saarela et al, 2002)
In view of the previously exposed and given the fact that a functional food have to be a similar product, in appearance, to a conventional food (Siro et al, 2008), that has to be consumed as part of a regular diet and to contain active ingredients with proven physiological benefits, possesing, in addition, the potential to reduce the risk of a certain dissease and accomplishing, not least, nutritional functions, the aim of this study was (I) to create a new product, smart bar type that can be consumed like protective food by adults and by childrens and (II) to characterize the bioactive compounds from the designed functional food
Summary
Diet is the foundation of our life, it representing a permanent acting factor that leads metabolic processes development, due to the fact that food is considered the source and regulator of exchanges processes In this context, the role of food industy takes shape in sanogenesis, role that, at the moment, is amplified by the fact that individual organism is requested, more than ever, by the environmental pollution and numerous stressors (Åkesson et al, 2014). The role of food industy takes shape in sanogenesis, role that, at the moment, is amplified by the fact that individual organism is requested, more than ever, by the environmental pollution and numerous stressors (Åkesson et al, 2014) It highlights, in this way, the complexity of the relationship between humans and food by the many ways within nutrition affects the human body: metabolism, heat and energy balance, homeostasis, cells activity and development, motor activity and the behavior immmunecompetence, etc. Development of functional foods involved incorporation of specific compounds (or ingredients) with demonstrated health effects (Hamer et al, 2005)
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