(Lu)gu: Legumes that glow in the dark: Development of a food product with pulses

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, David Rocha; Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Santos, Rafael Ivo; Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Viegas, Cláudia; Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Félix, Nelson Ferreira; Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Pires, Maria José; Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril, Bonacho, Ricardo; Escola Superior de Hotelaria e Turismo do Estoril
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://www.dosalgarves.com/index.php/dosalgarves/article/view/176
• topic: Pulses; fluorescent; churro, cocoa; snack; food design; Leguminosas; fluorescência; churro, cacau; snack; food design

A low consumption of pulses in Portugal, especially among the youngest population sector, and the lack of market availability of healthy products with legumes, led to the development of this project: materials, forms and interactions, coupled with social, ethical and aesthetic assumptions, in order to create a food experience with legumes, which is intended to stimulate every sense, but mostly taste and vision. Knowledge about and consumption of legumes were analysed and a visual and graphic study of commerce and online content was carried out using idea generation techniques, based on this creative process in design. Thus, the product developed is a cocoa “churro”, with toppings produced from leguminous plants that fluoresce under black light, a sweet snack, nutritionally balanced and very appealing to young people, aiming to stimulate the consumption of pulses.