Acceptability of cooked and frozen meatballs in school lunches

Abstract

The National School Feeding Program is the oldest government program food and nutrition, representing a major hub for the promotion of food security. According to the National Fund for Educational Development is necessary to conduct acceptance test when there is insertion of new products on the menu or  evaluated the menu existing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the acceptability the meatball cooked and frozen in school meals a mining town with about 100 000 habitants. The search for acceptance was performed in an elementary school, with participation of 171 students aged between 4 to 11 years, studying the 1st to the 5th series . Assessed the global acceptance, taste, smell and appearance of the meatball and the possibility of inserting the meatball in school meals.  The results show that all attributes of this line with the  recommended by Resolution No. 38 of the national fund for development of education, que recomenda a aceitação menor de 85% para cada um dos atributos .  The percentage of favorable responses from students were: 90.64% for global acceptance, 86.55% for flavor, 91.81% for the attribute smell, 90.58% for the attribute appearance and 89.47% of diners approve the insertion of the meatball in the school meals . It is concluded that the tests of acceptability for inclusion of new products in school meals is easy to apply and that the meatball cooked and frozen is a food with high acceptability among students.