Development of functional beverages from blends of Hibiscus sabdariffa extract and selected fruit juices for optimal antioxidant properties.
The demand for functional foods and drinks with health benefit is on the increase. The synergistic effect from mixing two or more of such drinks cannot be overemphasized. This study was carried out to formulate and investigate the effects of blends of two or more of pineapple, orange juices, carrot, and Hibiscus sabdariffa extracts (HSE) on the antioxidant properties of the juice formulations in order to obtain a combination with optimal antioxidant properties. Experimental design was carried out using optimal mixture model of response surface methodology which generated twenty experimental runs with antioxidant properties as the responses. The DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) and ABTS [2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid)] radical scavenging abilities, ferric reducing antioxidant potential (FRAP), vitamin C, total phenolics, and total carotenoids contents of the formulations were evaluated as a test of antioxidant property. In all the mixtures, formulations having HSE as part of the mixture showed the highest antioxidant potential. The statistical analyzes, however, showed that the formulations containing pineapple, carrot, orange, and HSE of 40.00, 16.49, 17.20, and 26.30%, respectively, produced optimum antioxidant potential and was shown to be acceptable to a research laboratory guidance panel, thus making them viable ingredients for the production of functional beverages possessing important antioxidant properties with potential health benefits.
Department of Food Science and Technology Federal University of Technology P.M.B. 704 Akure Nigeria.
Oluwatoyin M A
OM
Ogundele
Department of Food Science and Technology Federal University of Technology P.M.B. 704 Akure Nigeria.
Olugbenga O
OO
Awolu
Department of Food Science and Technology Federal University of Technology P.M.B. 704 Akure Nigeria.
Adebanjo A
AA
Badejo
Department of Human Nutritional Sciences and The Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada.
Ifeanyi D
ID
Nwachukwu
Department of Food Science and Technology Federal University of Technology P.M.B. 704 Akure Nigeria; Department of Human Nutritional Sciences and The Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals University of Manitoba Winnipeg Manitoba R3T 2N2 Canada.
Tayo N
TN
Fagbemi
Functional beverages; juice formulations; response surface methodology