Vol. 11, Issue 11 (2022)

Health or nutri-drink mix is the product with essential nutrients which generally helps boosts the energy levels; positioned by the enterprise as taste enhancers. A nutritious beverage mix was developed by incorporation of horsegram malt flour, to enhance the nutritional profile. The present investigation focused on malting of horsegram seeds to enhance nutritional, functional parameters and reduce the anti-nutritional factors. The malted flour was added to the compositional beverage mix developed with levels of 0%, 5%, 10%, 20%.

The performed investigation resulted that all samples (T₀, T₁, T₂, T₃, T₄) were organoleptically acceptable. Formulation (T₃) was found to gain higher score for sensory parameters (color and appearance-8.5, consistency -8.3, taste-8.0, flavor-8.0, overall acceptability-8.3). The selected sample (T₃) was found to have higher levels of protein and crude fibre (15.73 ± 0.66 g/100 g, 5.13 ± 0.53 g/100 g) as compared to control sample, due to orderly increase in levels of malt to mix. The mineral content i.e., magnesium, phosphorus and zinc levels were found to be enhanced in selected sample (T3) as 62.03 ± 0.09 mg/100 g, 116.90 ± 2.09 mg/100 g, 5.57 ± 0.24 mg/100 g. The functional properties of the beverage mix were found to be magnified as for Bulk density, WAC, OAC, etc. The health beverage mix was found to be high energy levels i.e., 371.15 kcal.