 
        
						Durga Shankar  Bunkar
	
					    												Centre of Food Science and Technology, 
Varanasi - 221 005
India						                            
                            
						
 Research Article
												Optimization of Nutritional Drink of Pomegranate, Orange and Ginger
Juices using Response Surface Methodology 						
Author(s): Chandra Shekhar  Singh and Durga Shankar  BunkarChandra Shekhar  Singh and Durga Shankar  Bunkar             
						
												
				 The main aim of this work is to enhance the nutritional and functional properties of blended juice using response surface methodology (RSM). In this study the levels of juice (50-75 ml pomegranate juice, 25-50 ml orange juice and 3-5 ml ginger juice) were optimized using RSM. The product was optimized on the basis of physico-chemical, textural and sensory attributes. Based on RSM experiments, it could be concluded that a formulation having 75 ml pomegranate, 50 ml orange and 3 ml ginger juice with viscosity index 4.60 g.sec, consistency of 7.36 g.sec, cohesiveness of 487.45 g and overall acceptability 7.29 out of 9.00 was the best among all combinations. The antioxidant activity, total phenol, titratable acidity, pH, total soluble solids, vitamin-C, total sugar, potassium, calcium and magnesium content in the optimised product were 41.23% DPPH inhibition, 195 mg/100 ml TAE, 0.59%, 3.4.. View More»
				  
												DOI:
												 10.4172/2157-7110.1000451