A new range of pastilles using chia seeds

Abstract

Due to the significant population growth around the world, the accelerated pace of life, and the dramatically deteriorated environmental conditions, the structure of human nutrition has changed significantly. Unfortunately, the majority of modern food products are saturated with chemicals that pose a threat to the human body.  Since the beginning of the current century, increasing attention has been paid to the production of healthy and safe food products, with less fat and sugar content, as well as to the replacement of technological supplements of synthetic origin with natural ones.  Currently, supplements of plant origin, which contain vitamins, micro- and macroelements, unsaturated fatty acids, and dietary fibers, are of great interest. The use of such supplements allows us to obtain new products with high nutritional value, good organoleptic indicators, and appropriate therapeutic and preventive properties.  In this regard, it is very important to develop the technology of pastille of a functional purpose, enriched with biologically active substances. Chia seeds were selected by us for this purpose. The results of the study showed that the best organoleptic and physicochemical indicators are the products, in the recipe of which we added chia seeds in the amount of 6% apple puree.