Foods

Southern Luzon State University

College of Engineering

Lucban, Quezon

Feasibility Study of Bamboo Shoot Chips

Manufacturing Plant in Pagbilao, Quezon

De la Cruz, Angelie E.

Montales, Mary Grace E.

Pornela, Abigail M.

BSIE – V

Prof. Stella Y. Dahilig

Instructor

March 4, 2015

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Project Rationale

According to the NPD Group’s Snacking in America 2012 report, “Many consumers are eating smaller main meals and adopting the five-meals-a-day plan where snacks are planned into a person’s daily nutrition requirements.” As a result, there is an increase in portable foods options in the market that satisfy both health and hunger needs.

So far, the market for healthy chips and snacks is showing no signs of slowing down. Consumers crave salt and crunch, but they don’t want to feel guilty about what they’re eating. And they’re growing accustomed to exotic, healthful offerings that contain foods they might not normally eat. This is a significant opportunity for the food industry to create new and different products from a full palette of colorful and wholesome ingredients. Finding that magic combination of nutrition and flavor is what has made alternative chips mainstream fare in the snack food world.

In the Philippines, chips are usually made from flour or corn. But nowadays, native Philippine snacks made from natural fruits and vegetables like banana chips, dried mango, papaya chips, coconut chips and kamote chips are being patronized because of its taste and equivalent health value. Regarding these, every new food business ventures must incorporate the different trends in the market such as having health-conscious consumers, in order to ensure success of the new product.

1.2 Background and Purpose of the Project

Bamboo shoots are the sprouts which spring out beside the bamboo plant. According to a study conducted by Chongtham et. al (2010) from Punjab University in Chandigarh, India, bamboo shoots are rich in...