Noodles are popular food and fortified noodles with vital nutrients may build a healthy food habit among people.
Oat is a cereal with high nutritional value. Therefore, the current research was undertaken to increase the nutrient
content of noodles using oat flour and to evaluate the effects of oat flour on the physicochemical properties and
sensory attributes of the noodles. The noodles were prepared following five different formulations (oats: wheat flour
in the ratio of 0:100, 20:80, 25:75, 30:70 and 35:65). Other ingredients like table salt, carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC),
corn starch, and water were equal in each formulation. To evaluate the best formulation, proximate analysis,
functional characteristics and sensory assay were conducted on samples. The formulation having 70% of wheat flour
and 30% of oat flour showed the best performance in proximate analysis and sensory evaluation. This formulation
of noodles has 13.03% of protein, 1.51% of fat, 1.46% of total ash, 0.76% of fibre, 73.87% of carbohydrate, 361.19
kcal of energy and also a good amount of important minerals. The formulation regarding wheat flour 70% and oat
flour 30% may be suggested to the large population who are habituated to consume noodles regularly as the main
diet