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DEVELOPMENT OF DRAGON FRUIT (Hylocereus undatus) BLENDED SHRIKHAND ENRICHED WITH DATE SYRUP (Phoenix dactylifera)
(KARNATAKA VETERINARY, ANIMAL AND FISHERIES SCIENCES UNIVERSITY, BIDAR – 585 401, 2022) MAHAN M; PRAVEEN. A. R.)
Dragon fruit pulp and date syrup are of the native herbs which possess medicinal values. Incorporation of these ingredients into milk products might improve the therapeutic benefits of the final product and benefits to the host when consumed. Enriched shrikhand was prepared by incorporating 5, 10 and 15 % dragon fruit pulp 10, 12 and 14 % date syrup, in which 10 and 12 % dragon fruit pulp and date syrup enriched shrikhand had maximum overall acceptability of 8.36. The shrikhand enriched with combined levels of both 10 and 12 % dragon fruit pulp and date syrup had better sensory characteristics of about 8.36 overall acceptability, good physico-chemical attributes like 59.75 % total solids, 8.52 % fat, 8.68 % protein, 0.39 % OA of FFA, acidity of 1.06 % LA, aw of 0.71 and ash of 1.43. Hence shrikhand with 10 and 12 % dragon fruit pulp and date syrup was optimized. The storage studies for enriched shrikhand revealed that the product can be stored up to 2 days at ambient temperature (30±1°C) and 24 days at refrigeration temperature (7±1°C) in the polypropylene cups which showed good sensory, chemical and micribiological quality within the prescribed limits of FSSA.