Use of vegetable and fruit powder in the production technology of functional food snacks

Abstract

The article provides information on the development of formulations and production technology of functional food snacks (bars, tablets, cubes) from vegetables, fruit and secondary raw materials from the production of direct-pressed fruit and vegetable juices for a healthy snack during the day (morning, afternoon, evening) in accordance with the current trend of nutrition: “The right products at the right time”. In a balanced diet, a person needs two to three snacks during the day between main meals. Each snack should have an individual combination of proteins, fat, carbohydrates, fiber and with the given parameters of calorie content and antioxidant activity. Developments of the authors of the article are related to vegetable and vegetable-fruit snacks (bars, tablets and cubes) with low calorie content, which can be used as a light snack “on the go”, as an addition to food or a light snack. Products based on vegetable and fruit raw materials are included in the consumer subcategory in the market of snacks (bars, tablets, cubes) along with snacks made from cereal-muesli, fruit-nut, energy, but they differ significantly from them in low calorie, high fiber and antioxidant content. The scientific component of the development of formulations and technology for vegetable and fruit and vegetable snacks is not to create them with ingredients that no one has used yet, but that these products are required for the healthy nutrition of adults and the full development of children. All researches, developments and manufacture of samples were carried out on instruments and equipment of laboratories and departments of Michurinsk State Agrarian University.