Production Of Cakes And Cookies Using Potato (Ipoinoea Batatas) And Soybean (Glycinemax) Flour Blend

ABSTRACT

Sweet potato (Ipomoea batata) as a plant, its derivatives benefits were mainly discussed. Sweet potato (Ipomoea batata) has a very high nutritional value and enriched for both adults and children food. Soybean (Glycine max) as a plant its derivatives/nutritional and antinutrittional oxidants were mainly discussed. It is of high nutritional value and recommended for both human and animal foods. The study was guided by a nine-point hedonic scale questionnaire using sample of 20 trained panelist on which the sensory evaluation was administered. The data acc1uired were analyzed using simple percentage based on their taste, colour, flavor and texture. Based on this finding the researcher recommended that the sweet potato and soybean flour should be used in production of snacks especially cakes and cookies and that awareness should be created through seminars, conferences and publications to make it known to consumers.