DEVELOPMENT AND ACCEPTABILITY OF CORN COB CHIPS

Abstract

Agriculture sector is one of the major foundations of a country that plays a vital role whether the country can thrive or not. Corn is one of the major crops emerging from the agricultural lands. This research study focused on the Development and Acceptability of Corn Cob Chips. To gather the needed data, a questionnaire was floated to 15 respondents. After the researcher retrieved the accomplished questionnaires, the data are compiled and tallied. Weighted Mean and Frequency Count-Percentage were used to measure and analyzed the data. Findings revealed that Outlook Factors have a huge level of influence on the Level of Acceptability of the respondents towards the Corn Cob Chips and its flavors. (3.79), (3.55), (3.47), (3.29) which represents the overall mean score implies that Appearance, Flavor, Taste and Texture has a significant influence on the respondent’s level of acceptability towards the corn cob chips. The researchers recommend that the results could be used as a foundation to better improve new food product innovation and implementation, and on how to make use of different sensory evaluation factors to approach their prospective markets.