Development Of Fruit Leather From Indigenous Tamarind (tamarindus Indica L.) Fruit

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The objective of this research was to develop fruit leathers from indigenous tamarind fruit tree.rnTamarind fruits were collected, sorted, washed, grinded, soaked in water and then pulped. Flavoringrningredient that is: sucrose and grounded ginger and lemon juice as color preservatives were added to therntamarind. Tamarind puree was spread on trays and dried in electric oven drier to get thin sheets ofrnleathers. The products were evaluated for physicochemical properties, proximate element composition,rnvitamin c content, mineral element (Ca, K and Na) and sensory properties.rnProximate analysis result of the fruit leathers showed that they contained low protein (2.23-3.09%), fatrn(1.210-2.146%) and ash (3.003-3.536%) content. whereas, it consisted mainly of carbohydrates (69.193-rn76.406%) and crude fiber (3.05-4.71%). The total moisture content (18.316-14.100%) of fruit leathersrnwere low and its titratable acidity (7.645-7.883% citric acid) and pH (3.253-3.390) were high, suggestingrnthat the products would have acceptable storage characteristics and would be microbiologically safe.rnThe vitamin C content of the fruit leathers were found to be in the range between 21.656 andrn17.520mg/100g. The mineral contents of the products were ranged between for: Ca 73.111 andrn196.39mg/100g, K 595.100 and 731.667mg/100g and Na 102.178 and 125.949 mg/100g. The result ofrnsensory analysis using customer preference test showed that the fruit leathers were well accepted. Therntwo most liked fruit leathers with an overall acceptability of 8.6 and 8.5 (liked very much) were fruitrnleather dried at 800C and 700C for 8hr respectively. The lowest score was achieved by fruit leathers driedrnat 900C. In general, significant difference (P < 0.05) has been observed among tamarind leathers in termsrnof pH, titratable acidity, vitamin C content, proximate element composition, mineral elementrnconcentration and sensory attributes. The investigation indicated that, Tamarind leather dried at 800Crnfor 8hr showed the best quality performance among the rest.

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