Calcium-fortified cricket protein crackers as a healthy product for health-conscious consumers
Keywords:
cracker, nutrition, calcium, cricket, future foodAbstract
Objectives: To develop a healthy snack for a source of calcium (Ca) that can be easily prepared and cooked in any household, which also uses a protein source that is an Eco-Friendly ingredient.
Materials and Methods: Four calcium-fortified rice crackers were developed and offered to thirty healthy participants in Sansook, Chonburi province. The rice crackers used cricket powder as a protein source. The recipes of the 4 rice crackers differed in their levels of calcium (control, Ca 15%, Ca 25%, and Ca 50% of Dietary Recommended Intake; DRI). The 30 recruits then participated in a sensory evaluation questionnaire to rate their satisfaction across various aspects of the four different rice crackers, including appearance, taste, texture, etc.
Results: Of the 4 Ca-fortified cricket protein crackers, the cracker with Ca 50% of RDA (recommended daily allowance) obtained significantly higher satisfaction scores on appearance, taste, and texture than the other 3 Ca-fortified recipes (p<0.05). In addition, the Ca 50% RDA recipe obtained a significantly higher overall satisfaction score than the other Ca-fortified recipes (p<0.05), indicating it to be an acceptable product by the participants, as compared to the control recipe.
Conclusion: In conclusion, the developed Ca-fortified cracker using cricket as protein source with 50% RDA of calcium was accepted as a satisfactory healthy snack by the participants, and can be used in future clinical trial studies.
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