This study shows that JA has great potential to be incorporated
as a low GI nutrient in food formulations, improving the nutritional
profile of food products as a whole. The results in this study
revealed that the products containing JA had higher level of total
dietary fibre and inulin with a lower level of carbohydrates, lipids
and proteins. The low GI products were produced by incorporation
of 80% of JA whilst medium GI products could be produced by
incorporation of 30% and 60% of JA. All the products were considered to have desirable sensorial properties that would allow their
consumption directly as breakfast cereals or snack products or to
be milled to be used as an additive to other food products. Further
work will investigate the extraction of inulin from JA and its potential to be incorporated as a low GI functional ingredient in more
complex food matraces.