National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In order to promote economic efficiency and reduce waste, there is a growing interest in increasing the value of by-products from agro-processing industries. According to the findings of this study, chickpea and soybean hulls are viable by-products as a source of dietary fiber (DF) with high value addition potential. Two DF extraction methods, acid-alkali digestion and enzymatic digestion, were effective in extracting dietary fiber from soybean and chickpea hulls. The DF extraction from the chickpea hulls required an additional bleaching process to remove the pigments for both extraction methods. The analysis of the isolated DFs revealed that the enzymatic technique was more effective in DF extraction. However, the acid-alkali technique also produced DF with the necessary characteristics for food application. Nevertheless, when the cost of the procedure is taken into account, the acid-alkali method is preferred for economically extracting DF from both sources.
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