Quality characteristics of no added sugar ready to drink milk supplemented with mango pulp
Removal of sugar as a sweetener and its replacement
by a high potency sweetener introduces a number of
sensory and technical challenges particularly diminution in
mouthfeel. Thick consistency of pulpy fruits could be
exploited to compensate for the loss of viscosity and mouthfeel
in sugar substituted beverages. The investigation was
undertaken to study the effect of mango pulp supplementation
on the quality of flavoured low calorie milk drinks using
sucralose as sugar substitute. The effect of 0.0 to 100 % sugar
replacement on total solids (TS), total soluble solids (TSS),
specific gravity, viscosity and sensory scores was studied.
Sugar replacement considerably decreased TS, TSS, viscosity
and sensory scores. The mango flavoured milk drinks(MFDs)
prepared by replacing sugar with sucralose and adding 10 %
mango pulp in milk of 0.5 % fat and 8.5 % milk solid-not-fat.
MFD were pasteurized and stored at refrigeration temperature
for shelf life studies. A significant (p