Development of fruit enriched whey beverage

Abstract

The investigation was aimed at developing nutritious health beverage by utilising whey with incorporation of fruit juices such as pineapple and orange juice. Paneer whey was blended with pineapple juice and orange juice at a proportion of 0 to 30 per cent the physico chemical sensory attribute studies revealed that pineapple juice blended to whey at a level of 30 per cent and orange juice at a proportion of 25 per cent to prepare a most acceptable beverage. Out of that whey blended with 30 per cent of pineapple juice level was optimised. The most acceptable beverage was stored in glass bottles at 4±1 oC and it was observed that the beverage prepared as above stored for period of 12 to 16 days as revealed by physico chemical and microbiological attribute studies during period of storage.