AVALIAÇÃO DA ACEITABILIDADE DE BOLO À BASE DE ARROZ INTEGRAL E FEIJÃO POR CRIANÇAS.

Introduction and Objetive: Providing with a balanced diet among children is essencial to suply the energy and nutrientes requirement, besides estimulanting good habits throught life, this way, enriching good-to-children's tast food with nutrients present in other food may be a viable alternative, mainly when talking about Brazilian every-day nourishment: rice and beans, which have been replaced by high density and poor in nutrients foods. In this context, this work's obective was developing and evaluating the acceptability of a brown rice and beans based cake for children. Materials and methods: This experimental research is about a transversal cut with a quantitative approach. 47 children who are from 7 to 10 years of both genders took part in the research, students from the 1st to the 4th grades of a private elementary school in Cambuí-MG. A cake was developed with brown rice flour and cooked beans. To evaluate the acceptance, the hedonic scale 5 points was applied. The observed acceptability was of 94%. Through correlation of Spearman, it was noted that there was no difference in the acceptance level of children in relation to gender, age and school grade. The high acceptance of the brown rice and beans cake reveals that the alternative of including these foods is viable, because more than being a cheap product, it also provides with a rich meal in essential nutrients for children development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]