Vol. 11, Special Issue 11 (2022)

Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) is a fruit crop widely distributed in India. About 60% of whole jackfruit is non-edible. A non-edible portion contains the outer prickly rind (peel), non- edible perianth (inner perigones), and central core. Waste jackfruit peel is presently not being utilized for any value-added process because of limited research activities focusing on the possible conversion of this waste peel to other valuable products. But, the outer peel of jackfruit is mostly fibrous and rich in pectin and calcium. To utilize jackfruit waste, pectin extraction unit was developed. The developed unit was capable to handle 1kg of jackfruit peel powder having heating and filtration tanks with precise temperature control. At temperature 70, 80 and 90 ℃ the developed pectin extraction unit yields 6.98, 11.39 and 7.81% of pectin powder respectively from 1 kg peel powder for extraction period of 2 hour.