Development of Tricolour Chocolate from Powder Extract of Drumstick Leaves and Carrots
Shambhavi *
Food Science and Technology, Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Raebareli Road, Lucknow-226025, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Anu Ram Kailash Mishra
Food Science and Technology, Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Raebareli Road, Lucknow-226025, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Abstract
Drumstick leaves and carrots need to be part of our diet and incorporating them into chocolate together leads to a newer innovation in the field of food science and technology. The formulated tricolour chocolate may provide us the convenience to have these important nutritional components and along with the acceptable taste we can achieve its utmost health benefits as well. Hence, the research leads towards the formulation of a newer combination of tricolour chocolate aims to provide convenience and added health benefits for human consumption.
Keywords: Carrots, drumstick leaves, functional food, health benefits, tricolour chocolate