Development of Low Calorie Thai Snacks for the Elderly

Abstract

The objctive of this research were 1) to develop low calorie Thai snacks for the elderly, 2) to study the sensory acceptance the development of low calorie Thai snacks for the elderly, 3) to study chemical compasition and nutrition of the developed products. The methodology by evaluate the sensory regarding color, odor, flavor, texture and overall liking with 30 tasters. The result found that Kanom Thong Ek that got the sensory liking the perfect amount of sucralose sweetener instead of sucrose is 75% and using of skimmed milk instead of coconut milk is 50%. The acceptation of consumer to the low calories snack Kanom Thong Ek found that consumers accepted like very much. The result found that Kanom Alua that got the sensory liking the perfect amount of sucralose sweetener instead of sucrose is 50% and using of skimmed milk instead of coconut milk is 50%. The acceptation of consumer to the low calories snack Kanom Alua found that consumers accepted like very much.The result found that Kanom Chor Muang that got the sensory liking the perfect amount of sucralose sweetener instead of sucrose is 50% and using of skimmed milk instead of coconut milk is 100%. The acceptation of consumer to the low calories snack Kanom Chor Muang found that consumers accepted like very much. Thai snacks for the elderly have reduced energy and sugar from sucralose sweetener and skimmed milk. There are 301.61 kcal for 100 gram of low calorie Kanom Thong Ek for The older people which contain 28.79 gram of total sugar, 322.66 kcal for 100 gram of low calorie Kanom Alua for The older people which contain 38.11 gram of total sugar, 217.74 kcal for 100 gram of low calorie Kanom Chor Muang for The older people which contain 7.33 gram of total sugar.