Development of a cereal bar containing the plant pereskiaacuelata miller
The Pereskiaacuelata plant has high nutritional value in its leaves, being rich in proteins, vitamins and minerals. The present work had as objetive develop a cereal bar containing the Pereskiaacuelata plant. The leaves of P. aculeata were dried and crushed in a knife mill and then the powder obtained from the plant was used in the preparation of the cereal bar, along with oat bran, rice flakes, sucrose syrup and honey.