INVESTIGATORY PROJECT
Bitter Gourd Leaves (Momordica Charantia) and Watermelon Fruit (Citrillus Lanatus) Extracts as a new and nutritious flavor of Lollipop
Chapter I: Introduction
A. Background of the Study In this generation, our nation’s top problems includes malnutrition. Due to the small amount and improper intake of nutritious foods because of lack of money or improper diet. Wait there’s more, a lot of Filipino citizens eat junk foods and drinking beverages that is not good to our health and causing a bog contribution to the problem. Most of the children or even adults are more attracted to the non-nutritious one, instead of fruits and vegetables that can supply our body’s nutritional needs. A lot of us eats sweet products like lollipops that also causes diabetes among the young ones. Researchers found many ways to divert the vitamins and minerals from fruits and vegetables to a most liked foods, like fruit shakes. But most of us can’t afford it or too lazy to prepare it.
So that we’ve chosen lollipop to use our original flavor coming from the most hated vegetable: Bitter gourd (Momordica Charantia) or locally known as Ampalaya. But here comes a big problem. Of course, the lollipop tastes bitter, many will still not like it. If we will mixed it together with a processed sugar, so what is the use of picking out a nutritious source if we will mixed it together with a non-healthy ingredient. So as an alternative source of the sweet taste is the Watermelon (Citrillus Lanatus) also known as Pakwan here in Philippines, the nutritional value of the Watermelon will make the lollipop even more tasty and nutritious. Even this will only contribute low amount remedy of malnutrition, at least in a low price, anyone can afford this healthy and tasty lollipop.
B. Statement of the Problem This study was conducted to change the non-healthy flavor of a delicacy (lollipop) using the combined extracts of Bitter gourd (Momordica Charantia) and Watermelon (Citrillus Lanatus).
Chapter I: Introduction
A. Background of the Study In this generation, our nation’s top problems includes malnutrition. Due to the small amount and improper intake of nutritious foods because of lack of money or improper diet. Wait there’s more, a lot of Filipino citizens eat junk foods and drinking beverages that is not good to our health and causing a bog contribution to the problem. Most of the children or even adults are more attracted to the non-nutritious one, instead of fruits and vegetables that can supply our body’s nutritional needs. A lot of us eats sweet products like lollipops that also causes diabetes among the young ones. Researchers found many ways to divert the vitamins and minerals from fruits and vegetables to a most liked foods, like fruit shakes. But most of us can’t afford it or too lazy to prepare it.
So that we’ve chosen lollipop to use our original flavor coming from the most hated vegetable: Bitter gourd (Momordica Charantia) or locally known as Ampalaya. But here comes a big problem. Of course, the lollipop tastes bitter, many will still not like it. If we will mixed it together with a processed sugar, so what is the use of picking out a nutritious source if we will mixed it together with a non-healthy ingredient. So as an alternative source of the sweet taste is the Watermelon (Citrillus Lanatus) also known as Pakwan here in Philippines, the nutritional value of the Watermelon will make the lollipop even more tasty and nutritious. Even this will only contribute low amount remedy of malnutrition, at least in a low price, anyone can afford this healthy and tasty lollipop.
B. Statement of the Problem This study was conducted to change the non-healthy flavor of a delicacy (lollipop) using the combined extracts of Bitter gourd (Momordica Charantia) and Watermelon (Citrillus Lanatus).