February 2010

Evaluation of strawberry juice preserved with chemical preservatives at refrigeration temperature

This study was carried out to investigate the effect of chemical preservatives on strawberry juice. The samples were; pasteurized strawberry juice (T0), pasteurized strawberry juice with 20% sucrose (T1), pasteurized juice with 0.1% sodium benzoate (T0), pasteurized juice with 20% sucrose and 0.1% sodium benzoate (T3), pasteurized juice with 0.1% potassium sorbate (T4) pasteurized juice with 2% sucrose and 0.1%...

Author(s): Muhammad Ayub, Javid Ullah, Ali Muhammad and Alam Zeb

February 2010

Ficus racemosa bark: Nutrient composition, physicochemical properties and its utilization as nutra tea

The present study reports, the nutrient composition, physicochemical properties and utilization potential of Ficus racemosa stem bark as an ingredient in tea, a popular non alcoholic beverage. The bark was found to be a good source of dietary fiber, minerals, sugars and phenolic compounds. On dry basis, the total dietary fiber content was 20.5% of which major portion was contributed by insoluble dietary fiber...

Author(s): Faiyaz Ahmed, Mysore Ramaswamy Asha, Asna Urooj and Kodangala Keshava Bhat