Technology Details

Area of Technology:Agro & Food Processing

Title of the Innovation: Carbonated Fruit Beverages

Brief About Innovation

Introduction

Carbonated (aerated) soft drinks with synthetic flavors in a variety of flavors are produced and marketed under soft drinks category in the form of ready-to-serve (RTS) beverages in the country. Carbonated fruit juice beverages shall have better nutritional quality over the synthetic aerated waters.Technology for carbonated fruit juice beverages containing fruit juice/pulp will be advantageous to the consumers and farmers by increasing the consumption of fruits.

Fruit juice/pulp extracted from mature ripe fruits is used for the production of carbonated fruit juice beverages. Almost all varieties of the pulpy fruits can be used for the extraction and preparation of fruit juice base.  The fruits to be used for the production are processed and used for the production. The pulp/juice can either be extracted at the unit or purchased from other manufacturers, further processed, formulated and converted into a base suitable for carbonation plant. The fruit pulp/juice is pretreated and stabilized with selected pretreatments and process.  The fruit juice beverage base is used for the production of carbonated fruit juice beverages. 

Technology

The fruit juice base containing fruit pulp/juice is pretreated, blended and processed to achieve the desired quality. The fruit juice base is homogenized, carbonated and bottled under controlled conditions. The sealed bottles are labelled, coded, and bulk packed either in shrink wrap or in corrugated carton boxes.  After inspection and quality check, the beverages are marketed. The unit has to be operated and maintained with good manufacturing practices and HACCP protocols.