Development and Storage Studies of Naturally Flavored Papaya-Pineapple Blended Ready-to-Serve (RTS) Beverages

Sindumathi.G, Premalatha.M.R

Abstract: An experiment was conducted to study the feasibility of blending papaya and pineapple juice in combination with different naturally flavored extracts in different ratio for preparation of flavored and blended Ready-to-Serve beverage. The flavored and blended RTS was analyzed for its different physicochemical as well as sensory qualities by adopting 9 point Hedonic scale. Among different blended ratio for prepared RTS, the ratio of 5050 was reached the highest sensory scores for overall acceptability. Extracts of ginger+cardamom in the ratio of 11 was found to be more suitable as flavoring agents in papaya and pineapple blended RTS beverages.

Keywords: Blended RTS beverage, Papaya, Pineapple, Flavoring agent, Glass bottles