Amarjeet KaurKapoor, Surbhi2023-12-112023-12-112022Kapoor, Surbhi (2022). Organoleptic and nutritional evaluation of bakery products incorporated with foxnut (Euryale ferox) powder (Unpublished M.Sc. thesis). Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.https://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810202559The present study was based on the development of bakery products incorporated with foxnut (Euryale ferox) powder and their organoleptic and nutritional evaluation. Four bakery products were prepared by incorporating foxnut powder at levels ranging from 10-25 per cent with refined flour. The developed products along with their respective control samples were organoleptically evaluated using nine-point hedonic scale and were nutritionally analysed by using standard methods. Foxnut incorporated bakery products namely cake, cookies, bread and doughnuts were found to be highly acceptable at 20, 25 12.5 and 12.5 per cent level of incorporation of foxnut powder along with refined flour having overall acceptability scores of 8.2, 8.6, 7.9 and 7.5 respectively. The developed products have resulted in significant increase in nutrient content in term of crude protein, fiber, total ash and minerals and a significant decrease in fat content. The calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium, sodium and phosphorus content of developed products ranged from 15.75-36.83, 18.39-39.72, 0.53-1.73, 7.83-18.53, 32.62-72.61 and 17.33-40.08 mg per 100g, respectively. Total phenols and flavonoid content of the developed products ranged from 26.36-52.05 mg GAE/100g and 20.54-43.43 mg QE/100g respectively. The incorporation of foxnut powder in bakery products also resulted in an increase in antioxidant potential in terms of DPPH, reducing power, metal chelating and ABTS. Hence, it is inferred from the results that the incorporation of foxnut powder in bakery products may serve as a useful alternative for developing bakery products possessing better functional and nutritional properties to meet the consumers’ demand for healthier foodEnglishThesis