Oil extraction from rice industrial waste and its effect on physico‐chemical characteristics of cookies

Purpose – Aims to extract Rice bran oil (RBO) from Pakistani cultivar Basmati‐385 for efficient use of local rice industrial waste, i.e. rice bran to reduce the import of edible oil and to evaluate the suitability of RBO in baked products by making cookies.Design/methodology/approach – RBO was extracted from stabilized rice bran by solvent extraction. The RBO obtained was analyzed for different quality parameters and further applied into baked products such as cookies at various levels, i.e. 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 per cent, by gradually replacing normal shortening to check its suitability as a shortening and its effectiveness in extending the shelf life of product due to its natural antioxidants. Five treatments of RBO and normal shortening (NS) (T1 = 100 per cent NS + 0 per cent RBO, T2 = 75 per cent NS + 25 per cent RBO, T3 = 50 per cent NS + 50 per cent RBO, T4 = 25 per cent NS + 75 per cent RBO and T5 = 0 per cent NS + 100 per cent RBO) were used to prepare cookies and 45 days, storage study was conduc...