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Nutrient Potential of Watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) Seeds and its Incorporation in Product Preparation


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The water melon seeds were analyzed for its different properties such as the physico-chemical and functional properties and nutritional properties. The seeds were also incorporated in products to assess the acceptability. Watermelon seeds have been protected with hard cover which is to be removed for the use of seeds in products. The water melon seed revealed as light cream in colour and oval in shape. The average seed length was 8.01±1.02 (mm) and weight was 0.82±0.1(g) and volume 3.42 (ml), respectively. Water absorption capacity (%) found 116.3±0.1 and the least gelatinization capacity was 29.7±0.2. The result of proximate composition of watermelon seeds reveals that moisture content of seed was low 4.9 g, ash content of the seeds was 2.9 g, fat content was good which was 48.9 g, protein content was 32.6 g and energy value was high 619 kcal per 100 g. The powder was incorporated in recipes at 5 per cent, 8 per cent and 10 per cent. The overall acceptability scores of developed product ranged from 6.7 to 7.4 on 9 point hedonic scale. The results of proximate analysis indicated that watermelon seeds had the higher value of protein, fat, ash, oil and fibre contents. It is concluded that water melon seeds flour can be successfully incorporated in vegetable gravy.

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Water Melon Seeds, Analysis, Nutritional Properties, Product Preparation.
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Jyoti Tak
Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), India
Shashi Jain
Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur (Rajasthan), India

Abstract


The water melon seeds were analyzed for its different properties such as the physico-chemical and functional properties and nutritional properties. The seeds were also incorporated in products to assess the acceptability. Watermelon seeds have been protected with hard cover which is to be removed for the use of seeds in products. The water melon seed revealed as light cream in colour and oval in shape. The average seed length was 8.01±1.02 (mm) and weight was 0.82±0.1(g) and volume 3.42 (ml), respectively. Water absorption capacity (%) found 116.3±0.1 and the least gelatinization capacity was 29.7±0.2. The result of proximate composition of watermelon seeds reveals that moisture content of seed was low 4.9 g, ash content of the seeds was 2.9 g, fat content was good which was 48.9 g, protein content was 32.6 g and energy value was high 619 kcal per 100 g. The powder was incorporated in recipes at 5 per cent, 8 per cent and 10 per cent. The overall acceptability scores of developed product ranged from 6.7 to 7.4 on 9 point hedonic scale. The results of proximate analysis indicated that watermelon seeds had the higher value of protein, fat, ash, oil and fibre contents. It is concluded that water melon seeds flour can be successfully incorporated in vegetable gravy.

Keywords


Water Melon Seeds, Analysis, Nutritional Properties, Product Preparation.

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