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Market study of food products derived from breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) : an alternative crop with potential to enhance food security.
(Universidad EARTH, 2017-12) Chukwuaja, Blessing; Wünscher, Tobias
Food security is one of the most critical global challenges of the present age and more critical in the developing countries. The estimated number of people suffering from hunger worldwide is about 795 million, of which about 780 million are concentrated in the developing regions. As the population increases, approximately 70 % increase in food production is required by 2050 to meet the expected demand from the anticipated 9.1 billion human populations. Many strategies have been adopted over the years to improve food supply, which in many cases have yielded little success. Therefore, an emerging alternative with promising potential is the use of underutilized but nutritious plant species as an alternative food source in the global effort to reduce food crisis. Breadfruit is a staple food with high potential for food security, nutrition, and cultural benefits. Breadfruit is a high yielding and highly nutritious plant but its consumption and acceptability in the market are still very low. Therefore, the aim of this study is to understand consumer’s preferences and behavior to products derived from breadfruit (chips, ice cream, and cake) as well as understands their market potential. The results from this study indicate that breadfruit can be consumed as a staple food and products from breadfruit (chips and ice cream) can compete with similar products in the market. The results suggest that breadfruit products with added value (chips and ice cream) have great market potential. Consumers’ acceptance for these products was very high and even outperformed conventional substitutes in some cases. As a flour substitute breadfruit can replace up to 25 % of wheat flour in baking products, with no significant reduction in product color, flavor, texture and consumers preferences.