ISSN 2456-0235

International Journal of Modern Science and Technology

​​​​​​​March 2020, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 72-77. 

​​​Amalgamation of Phoenix dactylifera L Seed Powder in Food Products

J. Jayabarath*, J. Suriya, R. Sathurya, R. U. Ragesh
Department of Food Technology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Institute of Research and Technology, Siruvachur, Perambalur - 621113. India.

​​​*Corresponding author’s e-mail: barath_bio@yahoo.co.in

​Abstract

​The healing effect on liver diseases, gastrointestinal disorder, diabetes, can be easily cured by the dates seed that belongs to “Ajwa”, which is commonly considered as a waste product in the dates. Phoenix dactylifera (dates) is commonly belongs to the order of arecales and the family of arecaceae is commonly cultivated in the tropical and sub-tropical areas. The incorporation of Ajwa dates seed powder into the wheat flour and the cookies were prepared from the eight formulations. For the comfort of drying the seeds the tray dryer is used, due to the presence of 40% moisture content in seeds. So it is mechanically dried to 11-12% (at 66°C for 3 hr), other than this fat (unsalted butter), sugar, vanilla extract, sodium bicarbonate was mixed.  This material is generally blended into the dough.  For several analyses such as moisture content, ash content, microbial content, carbohydrates and etc., the sample has taken in 5 different concentrations such as 100%, 80%, 60%, 40%, 20%, and other ingredients were added according to it. In this type of biscuits contain high nutritional values because the seed has high nutrient content such as vitamin, fibre, protein and etc.  Commercially this type of biscuits reduces the risk of cancer due to high antioxidant contents.

Keywords: Phoenix dactylifera L; Composite flour; Cookies; Amalgamation; Antioxidant.

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