Interest in new sources of nutrients and the need of preserving native species of the savanna, through their valorization, motivates the study of their potential for supplementing products. The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of using the peel and pulp of the baru to develop sliced bread and the consequent nutritional and sensory implications. In the process of developing whole wheat sliced bread, oat bran was replaced for baru's peel and pulp using four proportions (25, 50, 75, and 100%). The analysis of the chemical composition of baru's peel and pulp resulted in 21.05% moisture, 65.01% carbohydrates, 3.30% lipids, 4.45% protein, 1.79% ash, and 4.39% crude fiber. All samples were accepted considering the attributes appearance, texture, and flavor. They were considered low in total fat (2.18%), showed no significant difference regarding the content of protein (13.59%) and moisture (34.54%). It presented an average content of carbohydrate of 41.90 and 1.76% of ash. There was an increase of up to 58.20% in the total content of the dietary fiber with the increase of the proportion of baru's peel and pulp. The results indicate that the peel and pulp of baru viable ingredients in the technology application to prepare whole wheat sliced bread improving nutritional characteristics and sensory attributes.
bakery; nutrition; sensory analysis; chemical composition
