Nutritional composition and sensory evaluation of sorghum papad

Abstract

The study was conducted in the laboratory of the Department of Food Trade and Business Management, College of Food Technology, Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, to screening of sorghum varieties for papad preparation. Papads were prepared from different sorghum varieties and analyzed for proximate composition, physicochemical analysis and organoleptic evaluation. Parbhani Moti sorghum variety was selected among five sorghum varities based on sensory evaluation of papads. The result revealed that moisture, protein, fat, ash and total carbohydrate content in the Sorghum papadprepared from Parbhani Moti sorghum variety were found as 9 %, 1.05%, 12.64 %, 76.77% and 0.54% respectively.