Book Title: Uncommon Food to Value Added Products: A Comprehensive Study
Editor: Dr. Swati Nakhale
ISBN: 978-81-971828-5-3
Chapter: 12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59646/fvapc112/163
Author: Talia Aiman, Student, Indian Institute of Food Science and Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India
Abstract:
Energy bars are an excellent option for breakfast or sports workouts. The variety of dry fruits, seeds, and soluble and insoluble dietary fiber in the bar, composition allows for their easy adoption into a diet as a source of slowly digestive carbohydrates, micro, and micronutrients. The inclusion of natural sweeteners such as dates powder and jaggery powder, dried fruits, dry mango, kiwi fruit, and cranberry, increased the energy value of bars .Energy bars provide the majority of their food energy in carbohydrates. Energy in food comes from all three main sources fat, protein & carbohydrates but mostly from carbohydrates. To provide energy quickly, most of the carbohydrates are various types of jaggery powder and dry dates powder like fructose, glucose, dextrose, and others in various ratios. Energy bars are supplemental bars containing dry fruits and other high-energy foods targeted at people that require quick energy but do not have time for a meal. The first energy bar in the American marketplace was space food sticks which Pillsbury company created in late 1960 for the space program. The energy bar is mixed with jaggery and other ingredients such as dry fruits and dry dates powder to produce several locally marketed and consumed delicacies by its color.