FRAMEWORK
Because of its abundance of minerals, vitamins, nutrients, and organic components that
maintain people's lives healthy, squash (Cucurbita maxima), also called kalabasa in
Filipino, is a highly recommended vegetable (Staughton, 2020). One of the important
functions of squash is immune system maintenance. The affordability and global market
availability of squash are two of its benefits (Mercadal et al. 2022). Pie is a food
consisting of pastry skins and various fillings, the contents of pies can be fruit, meat,
fish, vegetables, cheese, chocolate, custard, nuts, and others. The basic ingredients for
making pies generally use wheat flour. The use of wheat flour as the main food
ingredient is because wheat flour has high flexibility in various food
preparations(Mariah, Febriyany, and Sari n.d.). Muffin is a product that highly
appreciated by consumers and one of the main ingredients of muffin production is butter
which contains high cholesterol and saturated fat. However, in recent years, consumers’
demand increases for healthier ingredient and similar taste to the origin (Arifin et al.
2019).
Bakery products, particularly bread, have a long history of development. The
biochemistry of the main components of wheat flour (proteins, carbohydrates, and
lipids) are presented and discussed with a focus on those properties relevant to the
baking industry (Zhou et al. 2014). With the nutritional value of squash and its
availability in the community, a study was conceptualized in order to process it in a
different way where it can be commercialized(Valencerina 2018). The aim of this study
was to develop a muffin made from chestnut, squash, and malunggay leaves.
Specifically, it aimed to (1) describe the sensory qualities of the product formulated in
terms of appearance, aroma, taste, and texture;(2) determine the acceptability of muffin
in terms of sensory qualities among five treatments; (3) find out if there is a significant
difference in the sensory qualities of the product among five treatments in terms of
appearance, aroma, taste, and texture; (4) find out if there is a significant difference in
the acceptability of product among five treatments in terms of four sensory qualities; (5)
determine the shelf-life of muffin considering room temperature; and (6) submit the best
treatment of muffin for microbial and proximate analysis (Pereira et al. 2013).
Pastry includes a wide variety of products made from doughs containing medium to
large amounts of fat. The dough is folded and rolled many times, resulting in a
multilayered product. The formation of steam during baking results in puffing with
separation of layers (Penfield and Campbell 1990). The general objective of this study
was to determine the level of acceptability of Banana Muffin with Mango Jam Filling in
terms of color, aroma, taste, texture, palatability, appearance, and mouthfeel (Moreno
2015).