Food Product Development and Quality Characteristics of Ligularia fischeri for Food Resources

Abstract

Ligularia fischeri is widely grown in Korea and is containing medicinal components such as chamomile, jacobine, and ameleme etc.. Its juices from the leaf are well known for anticancer effect. This study was conducted to make Ligularia fischeri as functional food resources as food produce. To examine quality characteristics of Ligularia fischeri - such as color, texture, fiber, minerals, tannin, crude proteins, crude lipids and sensory quality - were determined using physicochemical methods. The content of dietary fibers were 0.56 g in each 100 g of freeze dried Ligularia fischeri. One of the mineral contents, iron showed the highest value. The contents of tannin were 33.3 ppm in fresh Ligularia fischeri. As results of food products having Ligularia fischeri, the content of crude protein were about and in rolling snack and garlic bread respectively. The content of crude lipid were about and in rolling snack and garlic bread, respectively. In sensory evaluation, garlic bread appeared better preference than rolling snack, and older age group showed a better acceptability.