Nutritional and Sensory Evaluation of Novel Ice Cream Products Formulated From Kunu-Zaki Fortified with Fruit Pulp

摘要

Consumption of ice cream produced from dairy products has been reportedly associated with health hazards. To circumvent this, this study was undertaken to formulate plant-based ice cream using kunu-zaki and soymilk (as substitutes for dairy milk) fortified with mango, banana and avocado. Standard method for the preparation of ice cream was modified to formulate three variants of kunu-zaki ice cream designated as B (40% kunu-zaki, 40% banana pulp and 20% soymilk);C (40% k style="font-family:Verdana;">unu- style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">z style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">aki, 40% mango pulp and 20% soymilk);D (40% kunu- style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">z style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">aki, 40% style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;"> style="font-family:Verdana;">a>> style="font-family:;" "=""> style="font-family:Verdana;">vocado pulp and 20% soymilk), while control style="font-family:Verdana;">sample A was commercial dairy-based ice cream. Analyses of proximate, style="font-family:Verdana;">min style="font-family:Verdana;">eral and vitamin compositions were carried out on the samples following style="font-family:Verdana;"> stan style="font-family:Verdana;">dard procedures. The results showed lower fat content in all the formulated style="font-family:Verdana;"> ice cream samples, which ranged from 0.60 - 0.96 g/100g compared to the con style="font-family:Verdana;">trol sample with fat content of 8.15 g/100g. Similarly, the formulated ice style="font-family:Verdana;">cream samples have significant protein content with sample D recording the highest value of 3.67 g/100g compared to control sample. Samples B and C > style="font-family:Verdana;">contained higher vitamin C, vitamin B _{style="font-family:Verdana;">6} style="font-family:Verdana;">, calcium and sodium content in style="font-family:Verdana;"> comparison to sample A. Sensory evaluation showed that samples B and sample C were the style="font-family:Verdana;">most acceptable ice cream variants in comparison to the control sample. style="font-family:Verdana;"> These style="font-family:Verdana;">findings lend credence to the strategy of value addition for providing heal style="font-family:Verdana;">thier food alternatives while contributing to the reduction in post-harvest losses of fruits utilized as fortificants.