Development and Storage Studies of Naturally Flavored Papaya-Pineapple Blended Ready-to-Serve (RTS) Beverages

An experiment was conducted to study the feasibility of blending papaya and pineapple juice in combination with different naturally flavored extracts in different ratio for preparation of flavored and blended Ready-to-Serve beverage. The flavored and blended RTS was analyzed for its different physicochemical as well as sensory qualities by adopting 9 point Hedonic scale. Among different blended ratio for prepared RTS, the ratio of 5050 was reached the highest sensory scores for overall acceptability. Extracts of ginger+cardamom in the ratio of 11 was found to be more suitable as flavoring agents in papaya and pineapple blended RTS beverages.