Nutritious mushroom protein crisp – healthy alternative to starchy snack

A method of producing and testing mushrooms protein crisps (MPC), a healthy alternative to conventional starchy snacks that are rich in protein, nutraceutical compounds, minerals, vitamin, dietary fiber, and immunity inducing beta-glucans.

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Updated from an original article written by Rafael Auras.

Nutritious mushroom protein crisp – healthy alternative to starchy snack

Venkatesh Balan, Dianne Novak, William Knudson, A. Daniel Jones, Fabiola Maria Iñiguez-Franco, Rafael Auras, Sungeun Cho, Amanda Rodgers & Bryan Ubanwa 

Food Production, Processing and Nutrition volume 3, Article number: 33 (2021)

Global salty snacks category had reached USD 137 billion in sales in 2018. Due to growing health concerns and awareness, consumers are looking for healthy snack choices by avoiding ingredients such as fat, sugar, cholesterol, and sodium and selecting baked and salt free multigrain chips. A sizable number of consumers are concerned about snack nutrition and look for quality ingredients and minimally processed foods called as “Good Health Snack (GHS)”. In this work, we present the development of method of producing and testing mushrooms protein crisps (MPC), a healthy alternative to conventional starchy snacks that are rich in protein, nutraceutical compounds, minerals, vitamin, dietary fiber, and immunity inducing beta-glucans. The methods of producing MPC with different seasoning and hydrolyzed protein, calorie, nutritional and chemical composition, consumer response, shelf life after packing and market analysis are described. These systematic studies will help to market potential of this product which is a healthy alternative to other calorie rich snacks sold in the market benefiting the consumers.

 

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