Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips

Gluten free, antioxidant, calcium and dietary fibre rich, chia is known to contain the highest level of omega-3 available in any cultivated plant source. The objective of this research was to develop a high protein, high dietary fibre, gluten free and omega-3 fatty acid rich chips. Four different le...

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Main Authors: Coorey, Ranil, Grant, Alexandra, Jayasena, Vijay
Format: Journal Article
Published: Canadian Center of Science Education 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46353
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Grant, Alexandra
Jayasena, Vijay
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description Gluten free, antioxidant, calcium and dietary fibre rich, chia is known to contain the highest level of omega-3 available in any cultivated plant source. The objective of this research was to develop a high protein, high dietary fibre, gluten free and omega-3 fatty acid rich chips. Four different levels of whole chia flour (5%, 10%, 12%, and 15%) were incorporated to produce chia chip. There were no significant differences in appearance, colour, flavour and overall liking between a commercial chip sample and the 5% chia chips. The chemical analysis indicated that all four trial chips are excellent sources of omega-3 and the baking process has a limited impact on their nutritional profile. For optimal consumer acceptance and nutritional benefits, the incorporation of 5% chia is recommended. With limited chia based food products currently available, a chia chip would be a well-accepted and healthy alternative to the common unhealthy chips.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-463532017-09-13T15:52:28Z Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips Coorey, Ranil Grant, Alexandra Jayasena, Vijay Gluten free, antioxidant, calcium and dietary fibre rich, chia is known to contain the highest level of omega-3 available in any cultivated plant source. The objective of this research was to develop a high protein, high dietary fibre, gluten free and omega-3 fatty acid rich chips. Four different levels of whole chia flour (5%, 10%, 12%, and 15%) were incorporated to produce chia chip. There were no significant differences in appearance, colour, flavour and overall liking between a commercial chip sample and the 5% chia chips. The chemical analysis indicated that all four trial chips are excellent sources of omega-3 and the baking process has a limited impact on their nutritional profile. For optimal consumer acceptance and nutritional benefits, the incorporation of 5% chia is recommended. With limited chia based food products currently available, a chia chip would be a well-accepted and healthy alternative to the common unhealthy chips. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46353 10.5539/jfr.v1n4p85 Canadian Center of Science Education fulltext
spellingShingle Coorey, Ranil
Grant, Alexandra
Jayasena, Vijay
Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips
title Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips
title_full Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips
title_fullStr Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips
title_short Effect of Chia Flour Incorporation on the Nutritive Quality and Consumer Acceptance of Chips
title_sort effect of chia flour incorporation on the nutritive quality and consumer acceptance of chips
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46353