Development of Value Added Products out of Indigenous Green Leafy Vegetables

Abstract

The present study was conducted on development of value added food newlineproducts out of uncommon, indigenous green leafy vegetables. The present study was newlinecomprised of three phases i) Assessment of nutritional status of selected women. ii) newlineDevelopment of value added iron rich products. iii) Intervention study. In phase first newlinesurvey was carried out for total 300 women in rural and urban area of Nanded district. newlineDifferent parameters were used for Assessment of Nutritional status i.e newlineanthropometry, diet survey, biochemical assessment for hemoglobin content etc. In newlinephase Second development of value added iron rich products covered selection of newlinegreen leafy vegetables, nutrient analysis of green leafy vegetables in fresh and dried newlineforms. Products were developed utilizing selected green leafy vegetables and nutrient newlineanalysis of developed value added products were also studied. Lastly in phase third newlineintervention study was carried out for period of 90 days by conducting feeding trial of newlinedeveloped products on 75 selected women who were suffering with anemia. Prior to newlineintervention the HB content was determined. Based on the HB content household newlinewomen were arranged in descending order. Selected women belonging to newlineexperimental group received developed product, whereas experimental control group newlineneither received tablet nor product and normal control group received tablet. Before newlineand After intervention study the blood sample was collected with the help of trained newlinepersonnel. The collected blood was immediately analyzed for HB, RBC, MCV, MCH newlineand MCHC content. The data analyzed statistically to find out the significant newlinedifference between groups. The results of the study are narrated here in following newlineparagraphs. newlineTotal 300 women were divided into two groups 150 women in each group i.e. newlinerural and urban. 163 and 137 women were belonging to age group of 40 to 60 years newlineand 20 to 40 years. however, 157 belonging to the joint family and 143 were newlinebelonging to nuclear family. Among studied, vegetarian was 64.33% while 35.06% newlinewere non-vegetarian