Abstract
Quranic food, which defines as the food mentioned in the Holy Quran has gain attention as a functional food to prevent disease in the current era. The food had high potential as an excellent ingredient for the development of nutraceutical products. Flavonoid is one of the phytochemicals in Quranic food that contribute to their therapeutic properties. Unfortunately, there is less study on the health properties of Quranic food mixture that lead to misunderstanding of the mixture of Quranic food. A paramount concern regarding the addition of multiple bioactive ingredients into a product is the possibility of interaction among elements may result in degradation of the ingredient, and the functionality could be reduced or improved. Therefore, this study was aimed to optimize the flavonoid content of Quranic Mixed Food (QMF) containing dates, raisins, pomegranates, figs, and honey. Consequently, the special cubic model of simplex centroid design was employed as it was the most reliable and can be utilized in the optimization process as the p-value was significant, and the lack of fits was not substantial. The simplex centroid method had successfully optimized the QMF formulation. To conclude, the optimized formulation of flavonoid-rich QMF containing 42.88% raisins, 42.88% pomegranates, 13.97% honey, 0.17% dates, and 0.11% figs.
Highlights
There is less study on the health properties of Quranic food mixture that lead to misunderstanding of the mixture of Quranic food (Muhammed and Shamsi, 2016)
Model fitting and performance analysis statistical result discussed how the best model could be selected while content modelling, proportion optimization, and validation process explain the details of optimized Quranic Mixed Food (QMF)
The main factors that influence the flavonoid content of the mixture were pomegranates and raisins
Summary
Health and wellness are among the core segments of the fast-moving consumer good, with the ever-increasing health consciousness among consumers around the world (Nazir et al, 2019). Nature-based nutraceutical food products with targeted physiological functions are the heart of research and development activities (De Vries et al, 2018). In conjunctions to those matters, there were several studies conducted on exploring the unique medicinal properties and chemical constitution of food mentioned in the Holy Quran which is known as Quranic food (Sheikh and Dixit, 2015). It cannot be denied that Quranic food had therapeutic effects and used in preventive medicine for decades (Western et al, 2009). The popular Quranic food and known to had benefits to health are dates, raisins, honey, pomegranates, and figs (Muhammed and Shamsi, 2016; Al-Habsi and Al-Khusaibi, 2018).
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