USE OF BETEL LEAVES AS A SHELF LIFE EXTENDER OF RAW MILK
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Date
2014
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Publisher
TANUVAS, Chennai
Abstract
A study was carried out to assess the possibility and utilization of betel leaves
as a shelf life extender of raw milk at village level for having proven medicinal and
carminative properties of betel leaves and for being rich in hydroxy chavicol which is
an identiļ¬ed antimicrobial substance. Raw milk is very often encountered with
contamination of bedding materials in Cattle shed which results in the entry of
microbes in milk that brings about spoilage. In this present study, two types of betel
leaf s varieties viz. Pachaikodi and Vellaikodi were obtained from the areas under
cultivation of these varieties. Both varieties of betel leaves were dried for a period of
5 days at room temperature. Dried leaves were mechanically powdered and stored.
Description
TNV_TH_2014_MTM12004
Keywords
Food Technology, Milk