Authors :
Alake O.T; Abraham D.O; Akinola T.O; Fatunmibi O.O; Agboola T.O; Akua S.I
Volume/Issue :
Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 1 - January
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http://bitly.ws/gu88
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6252765
Abstract :
Evaluation of Proximate, Physicochemical
and mineral composition of various fruit blends made as
smoothies was reported. The four samples namely:
Watermelon-Pineapple Blend (WPB), PineappleCucumber Blend (PCuB), Banana-Coconut Blend
(BCoB) and Watermelon-Pineapple-Banana Blend
(WPBB) were prepared by homogenizing equal weights
of the fruits and mixing to have a blend of two fruits for
WPB, PCuB and BCoB while three fruits were
homogenized for WPBB. This is aimed at having more of
their individual nutritive and health values packed
together for easy consumption by both young and old
together with the convalescents. These blends were
analyzed for proximate and physicochemical analysis
such as moisture, ash, crude fibre, protein, fat,
carbohydrates, reducing sugar and Brix. The mineral
elements such as sodium, potassium, magnesium,
calcium and iron were also analyzed in the samples
Keywords :
Smoothies, Proximate, Physicochemical, Mineral evaluation, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry ( AAS), Anti-oxidants.
Evaluation of Proximate, Physicochemical
and mineral composition of various fruit blends made as
smoothies was reported. The four samples namely:
Watermelon-Pineapple Blend (WPB), PineappleCucumber Blend (PCuB), Banana-Coconut Blend
(BCoB) and Watermelon-Pineapple-Banana Blend
(WPBB) were prepared by homogenizing equal weights
of the fruits and mixing to have a blend of two fruits for
WPB, PCuB and BCoB while three fruits were
homogenized for WPBB. This is aimed at having more of
their individual nutritive and health values packed
together for easy consumption by both young and old
together with the convalescents. These blends were
analyzed for proximate and physicochemical analysis
such as moisture, ash, crude fibre, protein, fat,
carbohydrates, reducing sugar and Brix. The mineral
elements such as sodium, potassium, magnesium,
calcium and iron were also analyzed in the samples
Keywords :
Smoothies, Proximate, Physicochemical, Mineral evaluation, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry ( AAS), Anti-oxidants.
