CANNING OF UNRIPE MANGO PANA SQUASH
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Date
2015
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AAU, Anand
Abstract
Unripe mango beverage (Pana) is a very popular traditional
product prepared and consumed in most households in India as a
preventive and curative remedy for sunstroke, bilious, gastrointestinal
and blood disorders. Traditional technology is slow, labor
intensive, at times unhygienic and results in non-uniform quality of
product. The present investigation was undertaken to standardize the
pulping parameters for extraction of unripe mango pulp, preparation
and thermal processing of canned unripe mango pana squash. The
effect of pulping and thermal processing parameters for preparation of
ready-to-serve beverage from mature unripe cooked mango of Rajapuri
variety was standardized. A fruit pulper having provision of different
sieve size (3.0, 1.6, 1.0 and 0.8 mm) and speed (1050, 1200, 1350 and
1500 RPM) was evaluate for maximum pulp yield. Additives (sugar,
salt and cumin powder) and thermal processing (at 90±2°C for 0, 10
and 20 min) for with and without preservative were evaluated with
respect to the physicochemical, microbiological and organoleptic
quality of the final product.
The unripe mango pana squash prepared from Rajapuri fruits
pressure cooked at 103.425×103 N/m2 (15 psi) for 15 min, pulped
with 1.6 mm sieve size (coarse pulping) and 0.8 mm sieve size (fine
pulping) at 1500 RPM, diluted with equal amount of water as pulp
and spiced with 40.19% sugar, 2.0% salt and 0.60% cumin powder
was found to be highly acceptable. The product when thermally
processed at 90±2°C for more than 10 min with and without addition
of sodium benzoate as preservative could be safely stored in pre
sanitized glass bottles and sterilized retortable pouches for at least
two months under an ambient (32±6°C) condition.
The standardized technology for the production of canned
unripe mango pana squash has been suggested for large scale trials
and mechanization.
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Agriculture, Food Processing Technology, method