Molho pronto de melancia com biomassa de banana verde

Abstract

Consumers are increasingly demanding quality products that offer flavor, practicality and agility in their kitchen preparations, in addition to the search for healthy foods, and that have the nutritional properties necessary for a balanced diet. These criteria are making the Brazilian consumer increasingly including processed foods in their purchases, such as ready-made sauces, seasonings and condiments in general. The present work aims to develop a ready sauce similar to tomato sauce based on watermelon and green banana biomass, with the objective of innovating a product that has been widely consumed, with the perspective of offering all consumers a different aspect in this field, adding value to the final product ensuring functional properties to health. In addition to the description of the process and equipment to be used, a simplified layout is presented, as well as the mass and energy balances and economic analysis of the product and can make an estimate of the final value of the sauce. The unit cost of the sauce containing 340g was estimated at R$ 5.07 and the sales price at R$ 8.62. Therefore, we can consider that we have an innovative ready sauce, with functional and beneficial properties to health and with below average selling value for this type of product on the market, making it very interesting for the consumer.