Volume : II, Issue : V, May - 2013

Effect of Different Packagings and Storage Conditions on the Shelf Life of Palm Candy

Muthumareeswari. S, Dr. Sumayaa. S

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India is the largest consumer and the second largest producer of sugar in the world. Sugar industry is the second largest organized sector industry in the country. Palm candy was the staple sweetener used by Indians, it is made up of palm Neera. In any Industrial production particularly in agro–industries the raw materials should be consistent in quality to maintain uniform quality standard in the end products. In Tamilnadu Palm candy was prepared by only traditional method. The candy producers were not aware about different packaging due to this investigator choose this study. Sample was collected from Narippayur, which is located in Ramanathapuram district. After collection of the sample, Nutritive value of fresh palm candy such as glucose, fructose, moisture and total acid were analysed. Keeping all the uses in medical and therapeutic aspect of palm candy in the mind and its storage difficulties the investigator got motivated to develop product with increased shelf life and keeping quality. After collection of sample, to prevent the undesirable changes in the product due to the environment factors and other factors, a barrier is needed to product the product, therefore different packaging material were used to pack the fresh palm candy to find the proper packaging material which enables the complete protection. There were four different packaging material was used. No much difference were found in the properties of palm candy when they were packed using laminated Aluminium pouches and kept at refrigeration condition and lower humitidies.

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Muthumareeswari. S, Dr. Sumayaa. S Effect of Different Packagings and Storage Conditions on the Shelf Life of Palm Candy International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.II, Issue.V May 2013

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