2018, Vol. 6, Issue 5, Part A

author(s)
Shreya Srivastava, Gagan Thakre and Nidhi Goswami

abstract
Cupcake is a short form of cake. Cupcake is a baked product which was prepared by the use beetroot powder. This product comes under “public health nutrition”. Beetroot is used in the manufacturing of natural food colouring agent. The major ingredient of the product is gram flour, wheat flour, sugar and beetroot powder. Beet fibre has also been a nutrient of increasing interest in health research. As beetroot powder is not used in cupcake forms and cake is something loved by people of all ages, this product was made. Beetroot ingestion can be considered a factor in disease prevention. It is incorporated in cakes with different proportion of beetroot powder for the preparation of cake is named as trials. A, B, C, D trials. C trials scored best in overall all trials on the basis of organoleptic analysis. The consumption of beetroot powder on a low nitrate diet may lower blood pressure (BP) and therefore reduce the risk of cardiovascular events.