Journal of Food Processing & Technology

Preparation of mouth freshner (Anardana Goli) from pomegranate (Punica Granatum l)

International Conference and Exhibition on Food Processing & Technology

November 22-24, 2012 Hyderabad International Convention Centre, India

Priyanka Patil, Syed H. M and Jadhav A. A

Posters: J Food Process Technol

Abstract:

Pomegranates are usually consumed as fresh fruit, with only a limited quantity being processed into products like juice, syrup, beverages, wine, confectionary and anardana. The special structure of fruit is one of main factors which limit its industrial processing. Any mouth freshner is a mixture of nuts, seeds, herbs, and spices which is served after meals in India. Knowing the importance of health benefits of pomegranate and all related aspects, the present study was carried out in order to utilize pomegranate fruit for preparation of pomegranate mouth freshner. Arils of two cultivars like Ganesh and Arakta were dried by two drying methods viz., sun drying (SD) and cabinet drying (CD). Nutritive and palatable mouth freshner was prepared from anardana of two different cultivars as Ganesh (G) and Arakta (A). The mouth freshner was prepared as per standardized recipe by mixing cardamom, clove, fennel and black salt at an acceptable level. Pomegranate mouth freshner was prepared after pressing specific quantity i.e. 0.5g of powder, between thumb and finger followed by rolling over palm or by manually operated tablet machine. The prepared mouth freshner look like flavored balls/tablets. The sample of Ganesh variety prepared by cabinet drying scored higher for overall acceptability among other samples may be due to colour of anardana of Ganesh cultivar compared to Arakta cultivar. The pomegranate mouth freshner prepared from Ganesh and Arakta cultivar by using sun drying and cabinet drying contain moisture 14.20 percent, 10.20 percent, 15.00 percent and 10.50 percent respectively.

Biography :

Syed H. M. is Associate Professor of Dept. of Food Chemistry and Nutrition. He has published various papers, review in various well known journals.