EGGPLANT CHIPS

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Background of the study

Food experimentation can be an exciting endeavor, but its impact on

consumer preference and health outcomes remains largely unexplored.

Understanding the effects of food experimentation is crucial, as it can influence

dietary choices, nutritional intake, and overall well-being.

Chips are mostly made of potatoes, corn, and other grains and starches

from different edible plants that everyone loves and enjoy eating while eggplants

are usually prepared and consume as one of the key ingredients in cooking and

different vegetables dishes.

This study examines the acceptability of eggplants as chips. This dish

offers a unique taste profile of eggplants mild and creamy texture that can be

served as an appetizer and snack. Understanding the background of this dish can

provide insights into origin, cultural significance, and potential health benefits,

Eggplant is the fifth most economically important solanaceous crop after

potato, tomato, pepper, and tobacco (Solberg et.al 2017). Eggplants also known

as aubergines, belong to the nightshade family of plants and are used in many

different dishes around the world. Regarding nutritional value, eggplant has a

very low caloric value and is considered among the healthiest vegetables for its

high content of vitamins, minerals and bioactive compounds for human health
(Raigon et.al 2018; Plazas et.al 2014b Docimo et.al 2006). Moreover, eggplants

are a nutrient rich food that contains fiver, vitamins, and minerals that may

benefit your overall health, including your heart according to Rachael Ajmera,

MS, RD (2023).

Eggplant chips can be a great substitute for the usual in well-known

commercialized chips that is potentially much healthier.

This study wanted to determine how the eggplant chips is more healthier

ingredient than a pure eggplant. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to

know the benefits of eggplant chips not only for children but also to people who

can taste them and if it’s really healthy to eat, and to determine the level of

acceptability in terms of texture, taste, appearance and aroma

Conceptual Framework

This conceptual framework contains the independent and

dependent variables. The independent variable of this study is the level of the

acceptability of eggplant in terms of taste, texture, appearance and aroma while

the dependent variable of this study is eggplant chips.

Level of acceptability of eggplants chips in terms of:

Independent variable Dependent variable

Level of acceptability of
eggplant chips in terms of:

 Taste Eggplant chips

This study will be conducted in order to create a meal that is delicious for

the body asses the level of acceptability of the cheesy eggplant stick for a healthy

lunch in terms of form, taste, texture, appearance, and aroma from the eggplant

chips.

Specially, this study seek to answer the following questions:

1. What is the level of acceptability of eggplant chips in terms of;

 Taste

 Texture

 Appearance

 Aroma

Significance of the study

The result and the outcomes of this research provides new ideas, taste

and strategies on creating a new chips and new look in the students favorite

chips. It benefited the following individual:

Student: the result of this study may inspired the cookery students of

junior high and TVL students of senior high school to make something new, and

use a healthy food for their healthy body.

Parents: they may use this cook for their children because apart from

being healthy, it’s also delicious.

school knowing that they have students with such a skills.

Community: They may use the eggplant chips as a business it also the

new food create by the student researcher.

Future Researcher: This may serve as a new and unique food that

created new recipes in culinary fields. They may come up with new ideas and

thoughts to make several benefits and purposes.

Definition of terms

For clearer understanding of this study, some terms will be defined

conceptually and operationally:

Eggplant: Eggplant are members of the same plant family as tomatoes

and peppers and cultural practices employed in eggplant production are similar

to those crops. A native of the tropics eggplants are warm-season plants that are

more vulnerable to cold temperatures than tomatoes.

(https://www.agmrc.org>eggplants)

Chips: Chips is a thin slice of eggplant that has been deep fried, baked, or

air fried until crunchy. They are commonly served as a snack, side dish, or

appetizer. (https://en.mwikipedia.org>wiki)

Sour Cream: Sour cream is cultured or acidified light cream. Cultured

sour cream, which is the more common type, is sourced and thickened by adding

lactic acid bacteria to pasteurized cream with at least 18 percent milkfat.

This descriptive-experimental research design will be conducted at

Manocmanoc National High School, school year 2023-2024. The targets

respondents of this study will be composed of selected TLE teachers.

The research will be purposively selecting respondents identified based

on the qualification and survey will be conducted to the possible of this study by

tasting the product of the experimental and rating the level of acceptability of the

eggplant chips. Moreover, the checklist survey questionnaire that will be used for

this experimental research study is adopted and modified by the researchers to

fit the questions needed for the study.

The following statistical tools that will be utilized to analyze the

accumulated data for establishing the results of the study of eggplant chips as

another variety for common chips carious people bought anywhere.

Frequency count (f): this will be used to determine the level of

acceptability of the eggplant chips in terms of taste, appearance, aroma and

texture that will based through the number of participants that will be

statistically analyzed.

Mean: This will be used to describe the level of acceptability of the

eggplant chips in terms of taste, appearance, aroma and textures that will be

based through the number of participants who answered the checklist survey

questionnaire that will be statistically analyzed.

date point to the mean of all data points from the level of acceptability of the

eggplant chips in terms of the taste, appearance, aroma and textures that will be

based through the number of participants who answer the checklist survey

questionnaire that will be statistically analyzed.

Sum: This will be used to determine the total number of the respondents

that have participate when this study is being conducted.

Percentage: This will be used to determine the ratio of the selecting

sample to the overall population.