Process for preparing ready-to-drink shelf stable sugarcane juice beverage

A process for the preparing ready-to-drink shelf stable sugarcane juice beverage comprising:

• a. soaking the cleaned sugar canes in a tank containing potassium meta bi-sulphate at about 0.1% concentration and citric acid at about 0.01% concentration for a period of 2-4 h;
• b. washing the canes with plain water and crushing the canes using a mechanical device to obtain the juice having 18-20° Brix.
• c. diluting the juice to 14-16° Brix and adding an organic acid at a concentration of 0.1-0.5%,
• d. filtering the above juice using a microfiltration unit employing a ceramic membrane to form a clarified sugarcane juice,
• e. filling the juice into any of the packaging material as stated above and pasteurizing the same to obtain a clarified shelf stable sugarcane juice beverage.