Volume : II, Issue : V, May - 2013

Nutritient Content of the Papaya Powder Obtained by Different Methods of Drying

Mrs. T. Padmapriya

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Papaya is considered as a fruit of choice of the processing sector as the availability of the fruit is largely spread throughout the year. Though India is world’s second largest producer of fruits, hardly five per cent of the produce is processed. A need therefore prevails to develop suitable technology for processing of fruits. Papaya pieces were dried using sun, hot air oven and solar drying in order to preserve the fruit without loss of quality for extended periods. The dried fruit obtained were ground into fine powders separately. The fruit powders were analysed for their nutrient content like energy, protein, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, vitamin C, carotenes, reducing sugars, ash, moisture and acidity and also subjected to acceptability trials. The results obtained from nutrient analysis revealed that fruit powders obtained by solar drying were found to be best

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Mrs. T. Padmapriya Nutritient Content of the Papaya Powder Obtained by Different Methods of Drying International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.II, Issue.V May 2013

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