This document summarizes the background and purpose of a study to develop a new apple-based food product. It discusses how food innovation is important in the current market environment. The proponents aim to create a dish that is both healthy and tasty, using apples as the main ingredient due to their nutritional benefits. They plan to add blue marlin and cheese to the apple dish to enhance flavor and nutrients. The following chapters will discuss the feasibility of baking this apple product stuffed with blue marlin and topped with cheese.

1. Chapter 1
Introduction
Food innovation is the new trend in the food industry. Consumers are a bit
picky today on the food they buy. The appearance, the taste and most specially, the
price. These three factors are the determining agents whether the new food product
presented in the market will be totally a block buster. Varieties of food innovation
today are taking places so the struggle is real for the beginners.
We, the proponents, thought of creating a dish that is suitably healthy for the
majority yet the satisfaction for the taste should not be disregard. A dish that is
deliciously healthy and favorite of the crowd. As the famous quotes says; “An apple
a day, keeps the doctor away”, we will create a dish that is basically made from
apples. Apple is distinguished as a miracle food and is one of the most available fruit
today that is enjoyed by many.
Apples are one of the healthiest foods a person can eat. They are high in fiber
and vitamin C, and they are also low in calories, have only a trace of sodium, and no
fat or cholesterol. Apples are high in polyphenols, which function as antioxidants.
These polyphenols are found in both the skin of the apples as well as in the meat, so
to get the greatest amount of benefits, eat the skin of the apple. All of these benefits
mean that apples may mitigate the effects of asthma and Alzheimer's disease, while
assisting with weight management, bone health, pulmonary function and
gastrointestinal protection.

2. Background of the Study
This study aims to produce a breakthrough to the existing food products made
from apple. Though the main ingredient is very common, the incorporators arrive to
the conclusion of making a difference in preparing and presenting the product to the
consumers and to the market as well.
Sure, there are already a hundred food products that is made from apples that
is available in the market, be it in liquid or solid form. So, we think of putting another
ingredient that will heighten up the flavor and the nutrients that one can get from a
certain dish. There comes the Blue Marlin and the cheese. We all know that this fish
is a major source of nutrients and certainly a lot of people loves cheese. What’s left
to this innovation is how it will be prepared and or presented to the consumers. With
all these healthy ingredients, the preparation should be in a healthier way too and that
is baking. The preceding chapters will discuss the feasibility of our food product, the
Baked Apple Stuffed with Blue Marlin topped with cheese.

3. Statement of the Problem