Vol. 12, Issue 4 (2023)

Author(s):
Vaishali Matpathi, Vijay Kumar, Jayashri Mahadev Swamy and DB Puranik

Abstract:
The research was carried out to study the physico-chemical and rheological charecteristics of geriatric health beverage. Geriatric health beverage was prepared by using cow milk, ragi malt (2, 4 and 6%) whey protein concentrate (3, 5 and 10%), lactoferrin (15, 20 and 25 ppm), bacteriocins (10, 15 and 20 ppm) and probiotics (L. acidophilus LA5 and B. bifidum BB12 (1:1) (Mixed culture at, 2, 3 and 4%) which was studied for physico-chemical and rheological characteristics. Finally, based on these characteristics, geriatric health beverage was prepared. The study concluded that the geriatric health beverage prepared using cow milk, ragi malt (4 percent), whey protein concentrate (3, 5 and 10 percent), Lactoferrin, Bacteriocin, sugar (6, 8, 10%) and probiotics (2, 3, 4%) provided excellent physico-chemical and rheological charecteristics.