Calidad Sensorial de Totopos de Pozol Adicionados con Chaya (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) y Hierba Mora (Solanum nigrum)

Abstract

The corn tortilla is one of the most important pillars of power in Mexico. The tortilla chips are pieces of fried tortilla or toasted. They have a crunchy texture and are usually eaten with other foods. This paper focuses on assessing the level of liking of pozol tortilla chips added with chaya leaves (Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) and black nightshade (Solanum nigrum). Sensory evaluation was performed with 50 not-trained judges. We found that the level of liking of the natural tortilla chips was 4.9 ± 1.4 on a seven-point hedonic scale. This value corresponds to the range "I like or I dislike". The experimental tortilla chips obtained greater acceptance: the add-on with chaya 5.7 ± 1.2 and the supplemented with black nightshade, 5.7 ± 1.0, qualified as a "like" on the hedonic scale. By applying the average DMS test (P < 0.05), it was found that there is a significant difference between the experimental chips