1 Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnologías UCU, Montevideo, Uruguay.
2 Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, CSIC, Valencia, Spain.
Food Sci Technol Int. 2019 Dec;25(8):642-648. doi: 10.1177/1082013219853489. Epub 2019 Jun 4.
Valorisation of an agroindustry by-product, through its uses as an ingredient, in the development of a product may be an opportunity for industries to reduce wastes; generating a valuable product rich in bioactive compounds. Nevertheless, as happens with every new product, food manufacturers follow the market trend ensuring that any new product or idea meets consumer's expectations. The aim of this work is to study the expectation and the acceptability of consumers towards fibre-enriched cookies using blueberry pomace as a functional ingredient. A label for the blueberry cookies, created for this purpose, was evaluated by consumers who rated their expected liking when observing this label. Fibre-enriched cookies were formulated using blueberry pomace powder as source ingredient for antioxidant dietary fibre. A cookie without fibre was evaluated as a reference. Cookies were evaluated by a group of consumers who rated their degree of liking when tasting the sample under blind and informed conditions. Results showed that the consumer expectations were not fulfilled when assessing the product. Acceptability scores of blueberry pomace, fibre-enriched cookies show that most consumers are not willing to compromise hedonic aspects of cookies for their healthful attributes. Focus group was used to explore the characteristics a healthy cookie should have. Formulation of cookies must be optimised taking into account the acceptability of consumers.
通过将农业副产品用作成分来开发产品,可以为工业提供减少浪费的机会;从而产生富含生物活性化合物的有价值产品。然而,就像每一种新产品一样,食品制造商都会跟随市场趋势,确保任何新产品或创意都能满足消费者的期望。这项工作的目的是研究消费者对富含纤维的蓝莓渣曲奇的期望和可接受性,将蓝莓渣作为功能性成分。为此目的创建了蓝莓曲奇的标签,消费者在观察该标签时对其预期的喜好程度进行了评分。使用蓝莓渣粉作为抗氧化膳食纤维的来源成分来配制富含纤维的曲奇。还评估了一种不含纤维的曲奇作为参考。一组消费者对品尝样品时的喜好程度进行了评分,在盲测和知情条件下进行了评估。结果表明,在评估产品时,消费者的期望并未得到满足。蓝莓渣、富含纤维的曲奇的可接受性评分表明,大多数消费者不愿意为了健康特性而牺牲曲奇的享乐性。使用焦点小组探讨了健康曲奇应具备的特点。必须优化曲奇的配方,以考虑到消费者的可接受性。