Research Article
Development of a Mixed Fruit Preserve with Added Chia Seeds
Suri S1, Jain A2 and Lohia M3
1Department of Food Technology and Convener of Research and Innovation Club, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi,
Delhi-110095, India
2Department of Food Technology and Member of Research and Innovation Club, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi,
Delhi-110095, India
3Former Member of Research and Innovation Club, Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110095, India
*Corresponding author: Dr. Suri S, Department of Food Technology and Convenor of Research and Innovation Club,
Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110095, India; E-mail: sukhneets@yahoo.co.in
Article Information: Submission: 03/06/2021; Accepted: 05/07/2021; Published: 08/07/2021
Copyright: © 2021 Suri S, et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which
permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Increasing consumer demand for nutritious preserves is necessitating the need for development of value-added low sugar products. In the present study
a mixed fruit preserve was prepared with added chia seeds sweetened with sugar and a non-nutritive sweetener. Chia seeds were either used whole or in
grounded state which were either raw or pressure cooked. Sensory evaluation was carried out using the 5-point hedonic scale. Variation 10 which had 25% of
sugar, 5% of sucralose, 3% of intact pressure-cooked black chia seeds had the highest overall acceptability score (4.22±0.71) and the total score (33.25±4.49).
The accepted variation had 28.2% moisture, 0.98% titratable acidity and 66.9 degree brix total soluble solids (TSS). Analysis indicated the total fat, protein,
crude fiber, dietary fiber, carbohydrate, ascorbic acid, vitamin A, Omega-3 and omega-6content was 2.08 g, 0.77 g, 0.97 g, 3.51 g, 48.37 g, 4.95 mg and 15
ug, 1.12g and 0.41g per 100 g of the final product respectively. Accelerated shelf-life and Real time shelf-life analysis found product to be microbiologically
safe for twenty-eight days and three hundred sixty-five days respectively. Overall, the product was very well received and can be introduced in the market.
