Means regarding feed intake (Figure 1) in all trials (I, II,
III and IV) indicated that maximum feed intake was recorded
in T1 group (control drink). Whereas, comparatively,
lower feed intakes were noted in T2 (catechins based
functional drink) and T3 (EGCG based functional drink)
groups. In all studies, there was a progressive increase in
feed intake with passage of time however; relatively lower
feed intake was recorded in groups using experimental
functional drinks with green tea active ingredients.
Means belonging to drink intake of rats (Figure 2) in
four studies revealed that there was an increase in drink
consumption during the entire trial with non-significant
differences among the treatments thus showing suitability
of the product