DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCEPTABLE PEANUT-BASED ICE CREAM FOR BULGARIAN CONSUMERS

Abstract

Ice cream, as a high energy and tasty dessert, is enjoyed by generations worldwide. So peanut, based alternative to this product would provide consumers with new and better choices that are healthy, tasty and nutritious to consume. is study evaluated general acceptability by means of consumer acceptance and purchase behavior of peanut-based vanilla avored ice creams varying in peanut butter (5, 10, 15 and 20 % w/w). Eighty consumers were recruited to participate in the ice cream acceptance test at the sensory lab of the Institute of Food Preservation and Quality. e selection criteria were the subjects had to consume ice cream or any avoured ice-cream, ice-cream cakes, peanuts, peanut butter or any peanut avoured food at least once in two weeks and be adults over 18 year of age with no food allergies. Consumers evaluated following a randomized block design four sample formulations for overall acceptance, appearance, color, sweetness, texture, avor, peanut avor and milk avor. e panel rated peanut vanilla avoured ice-cream treatment B (10 % peanut butter) as the best product. It received the highest consumer ratings for overall acceptance, colour, sweetness, avour, peanut avour, and milk avour. e formulation C (15 % peanut butter) received similar consumer ratings for appearance and texture. Main diŸerences were observed in appearance and texture for treatment A (5 % peanut butter), avour and peanut avour for A&B, and milk avour for treatment D (20 % peanut butter). Ɗe peanut vanilla ćavoured ice-cream has a market potential and consumers that are looking for a nutritious ćavored ice-cream alternative might opt to choose the frozen dessert similar to peanut ice-cream.