An investigation was conducted to assess the approximate nutrient composition of Miniket rice collected from different regions and market places of Tangail district in Bangladesh to understand actual fact. Moreover, mostly available variety BRRI-28 milled rice was also analysed to compare with the Miniket milled rice.Moisture, protein, fat, crude fibre, and ash content were higher in Miniket brown rice as compared to the parboiled milled rice except available carbohydrate. Among Miniket parboiled milled rice, Miniket TM-1 (Tangail Market-1) rice and Miniket TM-2 (Tangail Market-2) rice, the content of protein (7.04%), fat (0.37%), crude fibre (0.26%) and ash (0.58%) were comparatively higher in parboiled milled rice than that of two market samples. In a comparison among other cheaper coarse varieties like BRRI-28 and Miniket TM-1 rice and Miniket TM-2 rice, protein, fat, crude fibre and ash content were found lower in Miniket rice of TM-1 and TM-2 than BRRI-28. Beside chemical composition, some physical properties were studied including length, width, L/W ratio, shape and weight.

The Strawberry was collected from Rajshahi and the pulp was extracted. Then the pulp was analyzed for proximate composition. The proximate analysis of Strawberry pulp showed 91.91% moisture, 11.5% TSS, 3.50% reducing sugar, 2.50% non-reducing sugar, 6.00% total sugar, 0.36% ash, 2.80% pH, 1.12%acidity and 50.90mg/100g vitamin-C. A total three types of products with 3 different formulations were prepared and packed in appropriate containers for storage studies. Products were stored at room temperature and changes during storage were observed at an interval of 30 days for a period of 4 months. A taste panel consisting of 10 panelists studied the acceptability of the samples. The consumers preferences were measured by statistical analysis of the scores obtain from the response of the test panel. Among the products three samples of jam, jelly and squash were awarded the highest scores by the panelists; C2 (Jam: TSS-67%, Pectin-0.5%, pH-3.2%), D2(TSS-67%, pectin-0.5%, pH-3.2%) and E3 (squash: TSS-40%, Juice 25%, acidity-1.25%, KMS-350mg/kg ).

16th February 2015. Due to a number of missing tables and figures, this article (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v7i1.22182) was withdrawn from Vol.7(1) and has been republished with corrections in Vol.7(2) pp.185-190 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jesnr.v7i2.22230). The Editor