Abstract
Objectives: This sensory evaluation study is aimed for an acceptable formulation of Taro and Sweet Potato for Polvoron. Polvoron is one of the pastry foods that can be quickly done by local entrepreneurs, unemployed youths, and Filipino households as a source of income. Methods: Three treatments were presented with different Taro and Sweet Potato flour mixed in ratio and kept other ingredients constant. The thirty (30) panelists evaluated the product’s palatability, texture, flavor, moldability, and overall acceptability. The Data analysis tools used were Chi-square (x2) to test the significant differences among the treatments and frequency to quantify the sensory evaluation assessment. Findings: Taro and Sweet Potato flour ratio of mixture influence the product quality. Treatment 1 (control) received a higher frequency than the other treatments in terms of general acceptability. When it comes to relevance, texture and moldability were discovered to have substantial changes among treatments. In contrast, the computed F-value of 8.332 is less than the important value of 15.51 at a 0.5 level of significance, indicating that the treatments are not significantly different in terms of overall acceptability among the three (3) combinations. Novelty: This study highlighted the suitable blending of taro and sweet potato when creating a healthy and locally available polvoron. Keywords: Blended Taro and Sweet Potato; Sensory; Acceptability; Polvoron; Flour
Highlights
Food poverty affects almost one billion people worldwide
The findings corroborate with the conclusions of Elisabeth (2015) that in Bali, Indonesia, taro and sweet potato flour can be feasible as snack products such as stick bread and chips (9)
In accordance with the current findings of Abera, Milkessa & Gebremedhin, panelists favor the color of the panelists for the sensory properties of the wheat flour taro-based bread to that of the whole wheat bread
Summary
Food poverty affects almost one billion people worldwide. According to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), food protection requires having constant physical and economic access to enough food to fulfill nutritional requirements for a prosperous and stable life. Families can afford and access sufficiently healthy food. A family is food safe because none of its members are hungry or fearful of going hungry. Food deficiency is often associated with hunger in both the United States and developed countries. Shifts in the global economy, such as increases in global food and energy prices, can impact food production globally, with low-income countries
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