Preparation and properties of children food after weaning using camels’ milk and guadar cereal nanoparticles

The addition of guadar cereal to camels’ milk has boosted the demand for developing new weaning food formulas of high nutritional and health benefits. The objective of this study was to prepare nanoparticle weaning formulas (wet and dry) with different mixes of guadar flour, camels’ sweet curd, and its whey. The pH values of the mixes ranged from 5.92 to 6.43, protein from 5.36% to 10.72% while particle size recorded 60.7 to 77.56 nm that increased with sweet curd added. The dynamic viscosity and texture profile were improved significantly by the addition of guadar nanoparticle flour. All the prepared formulas were generally accepted for sensory evaluation but the T1 made by high percent of guadar flour was considered the best. Finally, preparation the present product as a new weaning food formula is a promising commercial product to cover the gap in weaning children formulas especially in arid and semi‐arid zones. Practical applications There is a gap in children's food after weaning, especially in developing countries. Camel sweet curd is one of the best ingredients that can be used in baby weaning dairy food formulations. Mixing camel milk in concentrated form (sweet curd) with guadar cereal flour in nano form can develop economic product beside its excellent nutritional and health benefits. Therefore, this study targeted the manufacture of novel after weaning formula with new cereal's flour pastes (guadar) as well as using the beneficial of camel sweet curd to serve as new children afterweaning food with high acceptability.