Effects of pre-treatments on nutritional and mineral composition of garden cress seeds (Lepidium sativum)

• Published in: Food chemistry advances 2023-12, Vol.3, p.100398, Article 100398
• Main Authors: Malhotra, Umang, Sontakke, Manmath, Shams, Rafeeya, Pandey, Vinay Kumar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antinutritional factors; Garden cress seeds; Mineral content; Nutritional composition; Pre-treatments
• ISSN: 2772-753X; 2772-753X
• DOI: 10.1016/j.focha.2023.100398

•Garden cress seed (GCS) potential source of essential macro and micronutrients with anti-nutritional factors specifically phytates and oxalates that limit the bioavailability of minerals.•A limited number of studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of pre-treatment combination on the nutritional value of GCS. This research investigates the effective pre-treatment combination subjected to garden cress seed for enhancing nutritional profile, specifically improving calcium and iron content by minimizing antinutritional factors.•This study will help to explore pre-treated GCS through fortification, supplementation and food product development for improvement of nutritional status by proving to be a novel alternative for addressing calcium deficiency in elderly. This study aimed to recognize an effective treatment-time combination for improving nutritional value of Garden cress seeds (GCS). In this study GCS were subjected to different pre-treatments combinations viz., BoR- boiling (10 min) + roasting (2.5, 5 and 7.5 min), BlR- blanching (3 min) + roasting (2.5, 5 and 7.5 min) and SR- soaking (12 hrs) + roasting (2.5, 5 and 7.5 min), respectively. Results revealed for proximate composition showed slight variation in protein content ranged from 21.08 to 22.90% among treatments. Results for treatment SR 2.5 showed significant (p