Abstract:Background: The desire for high-quality, nutrient-dense meals by consumers has sparked a lot of interest in the creation of innovative methods for preparing food. Both business and academics have progressed non-thermal technology advancements to tackle the issue of creating safe processed food of superior quality. The aimed of this study to prepare value-added food products using coconut milk.
Methods: These methods may be used to ensure sterility and a longer shelf life for goods prepared from coconut. Fresh coconut and fruits were used for the process. The grated coconut was used to make coconut milk. From the prepared coconut milk, coconut yoghurt and ice cream were made by adding different flavors, like blackberry, coconut, and kiwi.
Result: In the result, the flavored added sample was better than control. Among flavor added sample kiwi was much nutritious.
Conclusion: Additionally, a wide variety of different food items that meet human nutritional and physiological needs have been made from coconut. Beverages, yoghurt, jam, jelly, chips, spread, milk, spray-dried coconut milk powder, coconut cream, goods are a few examples of value- added products made from coconut.