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Title:

Beverage Concentrate / Paste from Guava, in Collapsible Tube

Value Proposition:

Guava beverage concentrate in a collapsible tube provides convenience, portability, and long shelf life while preserving the fruit’s natural flavor and high vitamin C content. It allows easy dispensing and portion control, reducing wastage and contamination. This format transforms a highly perishable fruit into a stable, value added product, meeting consumer demand for quick, hygienic, and ready to use beverage bases suitable for modern lifestyles.

Summary Application:

The process involves selection of ripe guavas, washing, trimming, pulping, sieving to remove seeds, concentration through heating, and preservatives, homogenization, and filling into sterilized collapsible tubes. The concentrate is used by diluting with water or milk to prepare instant guava beverages, nectars, smoothies, and desserts. It is widely applied in households, hotels, catering services, and beverage industries for consistent taste and convenience.

Advantages:

It reduces storage and transport costs, and hygienic packaging. The collapsible tube minimizes air exposure, maintaining flavor, color, and nutritional quality. It ensures easy handling and controlled usage, making it economical. The product also supports year-round availability of guava based drinks, reduces post harvest losses, and offers a versatile ingredient for beverages and culinary applications.

Commercialization Status: Licensed awaiting commercialisation
Tech. Readiness Level:
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute[CSIR-CFTRI]
:  director[at]cftri[dot]res[dot]in
:91-821-2517760
:https://cftri.res.in
Industrial Applications: Food Processes [Food, Beverages, Tobacco] Nutrition [Food, Beverages, Tobacco] Storage [Food, Beverages, Tobacco]
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