Development of Value Added Cereal Pulse Based Ready to Eat Premixes

Cereal is the rich source of proteins. Protein is one of the main nutrients required for the growth and functioning of the body. Pulses are a cheaper, low fat source of protein and other nutrients like vitamin B1 and B12, folic acid and fibre. For the vegetarians, pulses form an important source of iron and its have several health benefits. Pulses are deficient in one of the amino acids (methionine) but rich in amino acids lysine content. Purpose of the study was development of value added ready to eat premixes incorporating carrot, sapota, tomato, dried dates powder such as sattu porridge and asses the sensory evaluation and nutritive value,statastical analysis of prepared product. The sensory evaluation of the product were analysed organoleptically by the panel of 10 judges using score card. The nutritional composition of value added ready to eat premixes were calculated using the book Nutritive Value of Indian composition tables IFCT book T.Longvah ed. Et.al, 2017. Appropriate statistical methods were used to analyse the data. Among all the treatments, average sensory and nutrient score were significantly high in various treatments.