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Preparation of Nutraceutical Health Drink Using Aloe Vera as a Base Ingredient

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Aloe vera belonging to the Liliaceae family is an annual, warm, drought-resistant and delectable plant rich in nutrients and minerals. Therefore, it can very well be used as a natural supplement to the everyday diet. The present investigation reports the scope of aloe vera as the nutraceutical component present in ready-to-serve (RTS) fruit beverages. Standardised extraction techniques for aloe vera juice are discussed. Further, the physicochemical properties, proximate and mineral composition of aloe vera juice in the prepared health drink were investigated. The protocol for preparation of an RTS fruit beverage by utilising aloe vera juice as a novel ingredient in the formulation of health drinks is studied by a varying proportion of aloe vera juice. The quality parameters of the processed aloe vera constituting health drink stored under refrigerated at 50 °C and atmospheric (35–36 °C) conditions were established to assess its shelf life.

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering, VFSTR (deemed to be) University, Vadlamudi, India

    Ponnam Vijetha & T. Subbaiah

  2. Department of Chemistry, School of Science, GITAM deemed to be University, Hyderabad, 502 329, India

    Naresh Kumar Katari

  3. Department of Food Science and Technology, Central University, Lucknow, India

    K. Murali Naik

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Vijetha, P., Katari, N.K., Subbaiah, T. et al. Preparation of Nutraceutical Health Drink Using Aloe Vera as a Base Ingredient. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. D 102, 473–480 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40033-021-00273-2

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