Formulación de un pan enriquecido en proteína a base de amaranto y chocho dirigido a pacientes de la tercera edad de la fundación RESA en el periodo de noviembre hasta febrero año 2018.

Abstract

Justification. Provide a healthy alternative to a high-protein bread aimed at older adults in a community. Objective: To formulate and develop a plate of amaranth and lupine flour as the main source of protein in order to increase a new healthy option with high nutritional value in the diet of the foundation and analyze its level of acceptability. Methodology: Our research is of a mixed type with a descriptive scope since the level of acceptability that older adults in the community have compared to this product was tested, making a bromatological analysis to be able to evaluate the most accepted bread protein levels. Population: 60 older adults of the RESA Foundation located in the center of the city of Guayaquil. Results a snack high in vegetable protein according to the bromatological analysis of the UBA laboratory, which can be white with animal protein for greater nutritional value, accepted by the surveyed population.