Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Nikita RST Sangma, Dr. Pranati Das and Dr. Jadav Sharma

Abstract:
A healthy food is well balanced with respect to quality and quantity of ingredients from different food groups and not just concentrating on one food group, giving rise to a concept of multigrain foods. The present work on quality evaluation of multigrain flour mix was carried to standardize a simple, nutritional blends by utilizing wheat, foxtail millet, maize, Bengal gram and pumpkin seed with the objectives to develop a multigrain flour mix and study its hypolipidemic effect in Wister rats. Five blends were made with whole wheat, foxtail millet, maize, Bengal gram and pumpkin seed in different proportions. Plasma HDL level was significantly increased and plasma LDL level significantly decreased when compared with the reference group. The supplementation of multigrain mixes decreased the plasma triglyceride level. Therefore, the developed formulations can be utilized for development of such functional foods that are beneficial to improve the lipid profile and general health status of populations.