Dimopoulou Maria, Vareltzis Patroklos, Floros Stylianos, Androutsos Odysseas, Bargiota Alexandra, Gortzi Olga
Department of Agriculture Crop Production and Rural Environment, School of Agricultural Sciences, University of Thessaly, 38446 Volos, Greece.
Laboratory of Food and Agricultural Industries Technologies, Chemical Engineering Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Foods. 2023 Jul 14;12(14):2702. doi: 10.3390/foods12142702.
Consumers' growing concern about health and well-being has led to increased interest in functional foods. This research aims to evaluate the physicochemical and antioxidant properties of a functional plant-based (PB) snack bar enriched with powder. The snack bar formulations exhibited a wide range of flavor and textural characteristics. Two PB snack bars and four commercial bars were evaluated by a consumer panel of healthy volunteers ( = 20). The PB snack bar scored 'like extremely' on the 9-point hedonic scale. External preference mapping determined that sweetness, flavors, cohesiveness, gumminess, and adhesion had the greatest influence on consumer acceptability. Water content, ash, protein, fat, carbohydrate, reducing sugar, resistant starch, and dietary fiber were measured. Nutritional content was enhanced (omega 3, fiber and protein), and samples were shelf life stable (aw < 0.29; moisture content < 10%). In addition, the PB snack bar underwent simulated digestion according to the INFOGEST protocol, and from the comparative evaluation, the PB snack can be seen to control the post-prandial glycemic responses, as observed by the different degree of reducing sugars released via the matrix. The PB snack bar can be further functionally enhanced by the addition of their unique ingredients such as . powder is claimed to benefit glycemic control in diabetes and has attracted growing interest in terms of its potential use in natural products with possible health benefits.
消费者对健康和幸福的日益关注导致对功能性食品的兴趣增加。本研究旨在评估富含 粉的功能性植物基(PB)零食棒的理化性质和抗氧化特性。零食棒配方呈现出广泛的风味和质地特征。由20名健康志愿者组成的消费者小组对两款PB零食棒和四款市售零食棒进行了评估。PB零食棒在9分制享乐量表上的得分是“非常喜欢”。外部偏好映射确定甜度、风味、内聚性、黏性和附着力对消费者接受度影响最大。测量了水分、灰分、蛋白质、脂肪、碳水化合物、还原糖、抗性淀粉和膳食纤维。营养成分得到了提高(欧米伽3、纤维和蛋白质),并且样品在保质期内稳定(水分活度<0.29;水分含量<10%)。此外,PB零食棒按照INFOGEST方案进行了模拟消化,从比较评估中可以看出,PB零食棒能够控制餐后血糖反应,这可以通过基质释放的不同程度的还原糖观察到。通过添加其独特成分如 ,PB零食棒可以进一步增强功能。 粉据称对糖尿病患者的血糖控制有益,并且就其在可能具有健康益处的天然产品中的潜在用途而言,已经引起了越来越多的关注。