Abstract
A health drink powder has been developed from malted finger millet (Eleusine coracana), various combinations of pulses and skim milk powder. Compare to other health drinks available in market, it has very high content of protein (25.01%) and calcium (Ca-1018.7 mg/100 g). The nutritional content was sufficient to meet day to day nutritional requirements as a supplement. Result of sensory analysis data showed that it has higher acceptability among people and also it is a cost effective product.
Highlights
The plant foods are considered vital to our survival and nearly 70% of food proteins and more than 80% of food energy requirements are supplied by the plants and cereal grains are in the majority to fulfill these requirements [1]
Raw materials which were used for development of Protein and calcium rich health drink powders (PCMHDPs) were good quality of Finger millet, skim milk powder (SMP), pulses, emulsifier and stabilizer were purchased from the local market of Raipur, India
The proximate analysis results of finger millet based malt powder (FMMP) were shown in table 3
Summary
The plant foods are considered vital to our survival and nearly 70% of food proteins and more than 80% of food energy requirements are supplied by the plants and cereal grains are in the majority to fulfill these requirements [1]. Millet is a cereal crop plant belonging to the grass family, Graminae [6] They are an oldest food known to human and possibly the first cereal grain to be used for domestic purpose. In year 2007, production of finger millet round the world is 4.5 million tons in which only India accounts for 10,610,000 tons [8]. It contains 7.7% protein, 1.5% fat, 2.6% minerals, 3.6% fibre, 72.6% carbohydrate and its 100g of seeds contains 350 mg of calcium, 283 mg of phosphorus, 3.9 mg of iron, 0.19 mg of riboflavin, 1.1 mg of niacin and 0.42 mg of thiamin [9]. Some of the known health benefits associated with the finger mil let, such as its hypoglycemic [10], hypo-cholestrolemic characteristics [11], anti-ulcerative properties and anti- microbial properties [12] along with above therapeutic values it has longer storage quality [13]
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