Development of stinging nettle leaves as snack bar/ Mariah Flor-Ynah N. Berboso, John Henry C. Dugao, Johanne Kurt B. Flaviano, Jenny Wyne T. Nomil, and Irishamase G. Sotto

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A snack bar is a food that provides vitamins and minerals made from various ingredients. Stinging nettle is a perennial plant that has nutritional value. It can remedy muscle pain, carbuncle, asthma, cough, and cooking. However, it is customarily used here in the Philippines. The researchers developed a stinging nettle snack bar as blended food made from stinging nettle leaves and other ingredients. The processes were a collection of raw materials, oven drying, formulation, testing, and improvement. Stinging nettle snack bar undergoes several analyses to ensure safe consumption such as histamine for the raw material; crude protein determines the amount of protein in product, microbiological and proximate analysis for stability and acceptability. Results showed that the stinging nettle snack bar is below the level of harmful food and contains crude protein, crude fiber, moisture, and carbohydrates. It is suitable for human daily recommended intake, and the leaves are a good source for a human to eat. The stinging nettle snack bar was evaluated "Like Very Much" with an overall mean score of 4.21, proving that the product is acceptable.