Ready-to-dilute sugarcane juice beverage powder and a process for preparing the same
AssigneeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsBashyam Raghavan, Kulathooran Ramalakshmi, Babasaheb Bhaskarrao Borse, Mysore Nagarajarao Ramesh, Vishweshwaraiah Prakash
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a ready-to-dilute sugarcane juice beverage powder and a process for preparing the same and more particularly, the present invention describes a ready-to-dilute sugarcane juice beverage powder containing 80 to 95% by wt. dry sugarcane juice, 5 to 15% by wt. acacia pulvis, 0.01 to 0.10% by wt. of a heteropolysaccharide, 1-2% by wt. of one more anti-caking agents and 0.1 to 0.5% by wt of food preservatives and optionally 0.05 to 0.5% by wt. sodium alginate and a process for the same using a vacuum shelf dryer.
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A ready-to-dilute sugarcane juice beverage powder containing 80 to 95% by wt. dry sugarcane juice, 5 to 15% by wt. acacia pulvis, 0.01 to 0.10% by wt. of a heteropolysaccharide, 1-2% by wt. of one more anti-caking agents and 0.1 to 0.5% by wt. of food preservatives and optionally 0.05 to 0.5% by wt. sodium alginate.
A process for preparing ready-to-dilute sugarcane juice beverage powder, said process comprises:
- (a) soaking sugarcanes in water containing 0.1% by wt. potassium meta bi-sulphite and 0.01% by wt. citric acid for 2-4 hours;
- (b) cleaning the sugarcanes of step (a) and crushing the same to obtain sugarcane juice having a concentration of 18-20° Brix;
- (c) filtering the sugarcane juice of step (b) at 25-28° C.;
- (d) adding 0.1 to 0.5% by wt. of food preservatives to the filtered juice of step (c);
- (e) emulsifying the juice of step (d) with 5 to 15% by wt. gum acacia pulvis, 0.01 to 0.10% by wt. of a heteropolysaccharide and optionally 0.05 to 0.5% by wt. of sodium alignate;
- (f) homogenizing the emulsified juice of step (e) for 5 to 10 min at 2000-2500 psi pressure,
- (g) drying the homogenized juice of step (f) under vacuum, 550-600 mm Hg pressure at 50-70° C. for 10-20 hrs to obtain solid sugarcane candy/cake,
- (h) powdering the solid sugarcane candy/cake to a coarse grind to obtain a particle size of 0.6-0.8 mm under dehumidified conditions, and
- (i) adding 1 to 2% by wt. of anti-caking agents to powdered sugarcane candy/cake of step (h) to obtain sugarcane juice beverage powder.
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