Development of Turmeric and Curry Leaf Fortified Biobased Sustainable and Edible Bowl

Abstract

Recently, after pandemic there is a rapid surge in the usage of plastics, and plastic-based cutlery. Although plastic based cutlery is inexpensive and easy to use, but after being they discarded and often end up in the soil and water environment. It is necessary to find a sustainable alternative to plastic cutlery, which are bio-degradable, eco-friendly, and inexpensive. In this report, an attempt was taken to develop edible bowl using bajra, wheat flour mixture as base material and jaggery powder as a sweetener. The edible bowl was further fortified with turmeric and curry leaf powder. The fabricated edible bowl was compact and light yellowish in color. The moisture content of the bowl was reduced while the hardness increased significantly in presence of curry leaves and turmeric powder. Moreover, the curry leave (1%) and turmeric powder (0.5%) included edible bowl was most acceptable as per the sensory analysis. The edible bowl also showed strong antioxidant activity due to the presence of many antioxidant component in the formulation. Thus, from the preliminary results showed the fabricated cutlery can be used as an alternative to plastic-based cutlery.

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¹School of Bioengineering and Food Technology, Shoolini University, Solan, Himachal Pradesh-173229, India

²Department of Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Jalandhar 144011, India

³Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, School of Agriculture, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab 144411, India

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Department of Academics and Human Resource Development

National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management, Thanjavur (NIFTEM-T)

(An Institute of National Importance)

Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI), Govt. of India

Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. Pin Code – 613005

Dr. S. Vignesh

Dr. N. Baskaran

Dr. V. Eyarkai Nambi

Dr. M. Loganathan

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