Commercial utilization of jackfruit seed

Abstract

Jackfruit is a homestead fruit found predominantly in tropical areas. The fruit is regarded as the state fruit of Kerala primarily owing to its nutritional benefits it possesses. Though the fruit has immense potential of utilization, the main factor which hinders its full utilization is the non-availability of the produce in the off season. Seed of jackfruit is one of the most underutilized part of the produce. In addition, the lack of ready to use form in the market is also an issue. With regard to the issues at hand a study was conducted to make jackfruit seed in ready to use form. The study investigated on the usage of different packaging materials for the jackfruit seed to preserve the seed in ready to use form. Taking into account of the cost incurred for the packaging and other benefits vacuum packaging was used for the study. Various packing materials as LDPE 500 G, LDPE 400 G, PP 260 G and HDPE 180 G were taken into study for enhancing the shelf life of the jackfruit seed. The study substantiated the use of PP 260 as packing material considering the characteristics of packaging. A comparative evaluation of jackfruit seed powder by dry and wet processing was also performed. The evaluation showed that the characteristic of seed powder had non-significant variation. Taking into account of the drudgery of the process involved, dry process method has appreciable acceptance.