Vol. 10, Issue 12 (2021)

Author(s):
A Swarnalatha, D Lakshminarayana, P Prasanth, J Cheena and S Praneeth Kumar

Abstract:
In the present study, efforts have been made to prepare ready-to-serve (RTS) drink, which was made from blend comprising of 90:10 and 85:15 Aloe (Aloe vera) and lime (Citrus aurantifolia), respectively were found to be most acceptable in terms of organoleptic quality than other combinations (100:0, 95:5, 80:20 and 75:25 Aloe and lime juice, respectively). The selected two combinations (90:10 and 85:15) were treated with KMS - 70 ppm and SB - 120 ppm, stored under ambient and refrigerated storage conditions for three months. The stored RTS was evaluated for physico-chemical analysis at an interval of 15 days. It was observed that, there was gradual increase in TSS, total sugars, reducing sugars and acidity while, contradictory decrease in pH and non-reducing sugars. The overall results indicated that, among different treatment combinations, T2 - 90:10 (aloe: lime) + KMS -70 ppm stored at refrigerated condition was found to be best over other treatment combinations after 90 days of storage, followed by T4 - 85:15 (aloe: lime) + KMS - 70 ppm.