Unconventional greens

Unconventional greens are underutilized greens that are not part of a normal diet or grown commercially on a large scale. Unconventional greens possess immense nutritional potential which can contribute towards nutritional security. Unconventional greens are micronutrient dense nature’s gift to mankind that provides vitamins and minerals along with antioxidants.

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The present study was carried out to formulate instant soup mixes using vegetable leaf powders from unconventional greens namely turnip (Brassica rapa), radish (Raphanus sativus), cauliflower (Brassica oleracea) and carrot (Daucus carota) and to measure their antioxidant activity along with organoleptic characteristic. The two formulations of instant soup mix which had been enriched with either turnip leaf powder or radish leaf powder at a 5% level had higher antioxidant activity than the formulation where no vegetable leaf powder had been incorporated i.e. 39.27 vs 41.58 and 44.

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