development of araucaria angustifolia (bertolini) otto kuntze (pine nut) seed extrudates

摘要

The development of expanded snack foods, snacks or extruded seeds from Araucaria angustifolia (bertoloni) otto kuntze seed, also known as pine nuts, refers to obtaining a food product of vegetable origin by applying the thermoplastic extrusion process to such raw material. never used before and such a process. The use of these peeled, dried and ground seeds for the development of a new product promotes araucaria for its sustainable use. The purpose of extrusion using pine nuts as raw material is to form an innovative product, without existence in the scientific literature or in the expanded market and, furthermore, with potential according to the new practical eating habits, pressured by the lack of time, holder of the simple and nutritious method to feed more easily, faster and more pleasurably, corresponding to current market trends as well as the availability of food (regional raw material), as well as continuing in the market chain of new products, generating pregelatinized pine nut flours (for use in instant soups, dessert preparations) and precooked pine nut cereals.