date:May 04, 2016
g sector to embrace new processing technologies and new ingredient systems. There are various health promoting ingredients that when incorporated at appropriate levels can make beverage products healthier or functional. Use of dietary fibre and antioxidants are having much importance in enhancing nutraceutical potential of beverages. Dietary fibre as a class of compounds includes a mixture of plant carbohydrate polymers, both oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, e.g., cellulose, hemicelluloses,