[Development of products for the elderly population: vitamin enriched pudding].
An instant dessert powder, pudding type was developed to be consumed at lunch or dinner time. The dessert was designed to be prepared in skim milk and meets the nutritional needs of elderly people. The dessert contains modified starch, carragenine, vegetal fat, sacharose. Each serving has been enriched with 30% of the daily vitamin requirement advised for adults over 51 years old. The optimized process was carried out according to the Karlsruhe test. Each serving consists of 22g powder prepared in proportion of 18% in skim milk. The optimized dessert powder was controlled by means of physical, chemical and microbiological analyses. The sensory quality was determined in the ready to eat product and the acceptability level was measured in a group of people selected according to the characteristics of the target population. The dessert powder contains 1.1% protein, 5.2% fats, 89.76% carbohidrates, and provides 409 Kcal/100g. Both the sensory and microbiological quality were good and the level of acceptance reached 98%.
Vera
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Facultad de Ciencias Quimicas y Farmaceuticas. Universidad de Chile. Santiago de Chile.
de Penna
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Bunger
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Soto
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Cariaga
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Fuenzalida
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Cornejo
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Lopez
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D000368:Aged; D004032:Diet; D005527:Food, Fortified / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009753:Nutritive Value; D014815:Vitamins / Q000008:administration & dosage*
D014815:Vitamins
Desarrollo de productos para el adulto mayor: budin enriquecido con vitaminas.