TAILIEUCHUNG - Fortification of carotene from carrots in cooking oil

Fortification of food with micronutrients is considered a valid technology and strategy to provide adequate levels of the respective nutrients in the diet, and where the fortified food is highly accessible to the target population. Carrot is a commonly use as vegetable for table purpose and industrial utilization of carrot for the preparation of products is very limited. Dehydrated carrot, carrot powder are some of the commercial carrot products , but not lucarative. Carrot has the most wanted nutrient b carotene which is a potential ingredient to alleviate vitamin A deficiency in children. Hence the present study focuses on extraction ,encapsulation of carotene from carrot and fortification in edible oils to address the micro nutrient malnutrition. | 2019 8 8 2547-2554 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology andAppliedSciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 8 Number 08 2019 Journal homepage http Original Research Article https Fortification of Carotene from Carrots in Cooking Oil G. Gurumeenakshi1 N. Varadharaju2 D. Malathi1 B. Subbulakshmi1 and R. Rajeswari1 1 Centre for Post Harvest Technology Agricultural Engineering College Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore - 641003 India Agricultural Engineering College Research Institute Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore - 641003 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Fortification of Carotene Carrots Article Info Accepted 20 July 2019 Available Online 10 August 2019 Fortification of food with micronutrients is considered a valid technology and strategy to provide adequate levels of the respective nutrients in the diet and where the fortified food is highly accessible to the target population. Carrot is a commonly use as vegetable for table purpose and industrial utilization of carrot for the preparation of products is very limited. Dehydrated carrot carrot powder are some of the commercial carrot products but not lucarative. Carrot has the most wanted nutrient b carotene which is a potential ingredient to alleviate vitamin A deficiency in children. Hence the present study focuses on extraction encapsulation of carotene from carrot and fortification in edible oils to address the micro nutrient malnutrition. Introduction Carrot is a versatile root crop with multi purpose use. It is has high nutritive value antioxidant anticancerous and medical properties. Micronutrient malnutrition also known as hidden hunger is a global public health problem and affects the quality of human resource development and productivity of the country. Malnutrition in India particularly among women children and adolescents is an important issue .

• Ẩm thực
• Fortification of carotene
• Carrots in cooking oil
• Micro nutrient malnutrition
• Edible oils to address
• Alleviate vitamin A deficiency