Fortification of oatmeal cookies with ingredients that are physically more attractive and
functional is an interesting breakthrough for improving oatmeal cookies to be a favourite
healthy food. Green tea was considered to be a food fortification because of its
phytochemical content, which is beneficial to health. This study was aimed at getting
more insight into the effect of green tea powder (GTP) fortification on physical (texture
and colour), chemical (moisture, fat, ash, protein, carbohydrates, crude fibre content, and
calories) and hedonic characteristics of oatmeal cookies. The treatments in this study were
5 levels of GTP fortification (each repeated 4 times) i.e., 0, 2, 4, 6, and 8% into the
cookie’s dough. There was a significant effect (p≤0.05) of GTP fortification on the
texture, colour, ash, fat, crude fibre, and total calorie products. The 2% GTP fortification
in oatmeal cookies was the most preferred by the panellists, because the higher
percentages of GTP affected the more bitter taste and harder texture. Fortification of
oatmeal cookies with 6% GTP produces the final product, namely green tea oatmeal
cookies (GTOC), which are low in fat and carbohydrates but high in fibre and protein
content. GTP fortification can improve the oatmeal cookie's functional properties