Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Savitri Awati, K Ramachandra Naik, Thammaiah N, Sachinkumar T Nandimath, Suhasini Jalawadi and Chandan K

Abstract:
Fruit bars are dried sheets of fruit pulp with a sweet taste and soft rubbery feel. The protein fortified sapota based mixed fruit bar was prepared and evaluated at the Department of Post-harvest Technology, KRC, College of Horticulture Arabhavi, Karnataka, India during 2020-21. The prepared fruit bars were stored for 90 days under ambient storage conditions and evaluated for changes in chemical parameters at monthly intervals. The total soluble solids (TSS), total and reducing sugar content of fruit bars were found to increase marginally. Whereas, the moisture, water activity, ascorbic acid, titratable acidity, non-reducing sugars, β-carotene and protein content were decreased with the advancement of storage period.