Author: Hossain, M. M., Ram, L., Ngupani, P. S., & Bepary, R. H. (2017).
functional ready-to-serve (RTS) beverage, blend with jackfruit and aloe vera juice, The blended juice was made by using the different combination of jackfruit and aloe vera juice as T0 (100:0), T1 (90:10), T2 (80:20), T3 (70:30) and T4 (60:40) to improve the flavor and therapeutic properties, the blends were homogenized and filled into 200 ml colorless sterilized PET bottle and pasteurized at 85″C for 10 minutes, cooled and stored at refrigerated temperature, blended RTS beverages were prepared to optimize the mixed ratio of jackfruit and aloe vera juice, mixed jackfruit and aloe vera functional RTS beverage was stored up to 5 months without notable change in chemical and sensorial parameters at refrigerated temperature, Jackfruit fruit has some amount of vitamin-A and flavonoid pigments viz., ?-carotene, xanthin, zeaxanthin, lutein, and ?-cryptoxanthin, play the important roles in antioxidant and eyesight function, Functional beverage is a non-alcoholic drink which contains non-traditional ingredient such as herbs, vitamin, minerals, amino acid or added raw fruits or vegetables, beverages based on therapeutic properties such as blended RTS beverage like Aloe vera-Aonla and ginger , Bael-Aloe vera , Aloe vera-Papaya and Aloe vera-pineapple juices are gaining importance, nutritional and pharmacological properties, blending of juices would help in the production of delicious, refreshing and delightful drinks , blending improves the aroma, taste, nutrition and functional properties, a drink based on fruits and vegetable are considered as an excellent medium for the supplement of the bioactive compound, nutritive and health benefits, The finished RTS beverages contains 14.86 ± 0.15 % of sugar, 0.28 ± 0.01 % of acidity, Aloe vera gel is an innovative component, and it is preferred to use in the processing of RTS drinks, in the search of aloe vera raw materials avoid the presence of aloin content that causes the bitterness, aloe vera market exists aloin traces at 0.1 ppm @ 0.5 % aloe solids single strength juice as AMB Wellness with INNOVALOE brand, www.amb-wellness.com , this aloe product free of aloin save fruit juice to mask bitterness,
