ENRICHMENT OF COCOA POLYPHENOL EXTRACT IN CHEWABLE TABLET AS A NEW SOURCE OF HIGH ANTIOXIDANT PRODUCTS
Authors: Rosmawati M.S., Siti Azriena A., Muhamad Zulkhairi M.A. and Rosmin K.
Journal Issue: Malaysian Cocoa Journal, Volume 13(2)/2021
Keywords: Cocoa, polyphenol, flavonoid, antioxidant, tablet
Published On: 1/11/2021
Abstract
Chewable tablet is a common sweets and breath refreshment among children and adults in the markets nowadays. Although its only plays a simple role in our lives such as breath refreshment and mouth exercise, enrichments of these chewable tablet with cocoa polyphenol extract may enhance its potential as healthy confectionary. Cocoa is well known for its high flavonoid content, mainly catechin and epicatechin which has been proven as a potent antioxidant that react as a highly effective chemo preventive agent against chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, neurodegenerative disease and ageing. Objectives of this study are to develop chewable tablet enrich with cocoa polyphenol extract and to determine the physicochemical properties of chewable tablet enrich with cocoa polyphenol extract. Total polyphenol content was determined using folin ciocalteu method and gallic acids as a standard, whereas the nutritional composition was carried out using AOAC method. Results shows chewable tablet enrich with cocoa polyphenol extract contains 16.26±1.63 mg/g which is twenty fold lower compared to cocoa polyphenol extract from unfermented cocoa beans which had a total polyphenol content of 335.70±27.51 mg GAE/g. Meanwhile, analysis nutrition shown on moisture (1.38%), ash (1.37%), fat (2.32%), crude protein (3.76%), crude fibre (0.53%), total carbohydrate (91.17%) and energy value (410.16%). The increasing global market confectionary potential about 6.2% from 2016 to 2021 by $76.88b shown chewable tablet enriches with cocoa polyphenol extract have a big potential in the market.