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ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF HEALTHY APPLE JAM PRODUCTS FORTIFIED WITH NATURAL HERBAL EXTRACTS

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Food and Dairy Technology Sciences

Abstract

Honey is considered a healthy food with numerous benefits for human health and nutrition. Herbs have long been used as flavoring agents and preservatives due to their antimicrobial activity against certain pathogens and their antioxidant properties. The objective of this study was to assess the impact of incorporating specific herbal extracts, namely sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum) and ginger (Zingiber officinale), as well as substituting sugar with honey, on the physicochemical, microbial, and sensory properties of apple jam during a 6-month storage period at room temperature. The findings revealed that apple jam with 1.5% sweet basil aqueous extract and honey showed the highest content of antioxidants, phenols, and flavonoids. Sensory evaluation results indicated that substituting sugar with honey resulted in improved sensory properties compared to the control. Additionally, the incorporation of sweet basil and ginger aqueous extracts, along with the replacement of sugar with honey, had the most significant effect in reducing the total bacterial count of the apple jam samples during the storage period. In conclusion, the use of sweet basil and ginger aqueous extracts, along with the substitution of sugar with honey, not only extended the shelf life of apple jam but also enhanced its nutritional and health-related values.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2024.265260.1250

Keywords

apple jam, ginger aqueous extracts, sweet basil aqueous extracts, Honey, Functional foods

Authors

First Name

Leila

Last Name

Taghian

MiddleName

M.A.

Affiliation

Dept. Hort. Crops Res., Food Tech .Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Cent., Giza, Egypt.

Email

leilamagdy831@yahoo.com

City

Arish

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First Name

S.

Last Name

Abed

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Food & Dairy Sci. and Tech., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt

Email

sabed@aru.edu.eg

City

Arish

Orcid

-

First Name

Lobna

Last Name

Hareedy

MiddleName

A.M.

Affiliation

Dept. Hort. Crops Res., Food Tech .Res. Inst., Agric. Res. Cent., Giza, Egypt.

Email

hamadajojo788@gmail.com

City

Cairo

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-

First Name

M.

Last Name

Abdel-Samie

MiddleName

A.S.

Affiliation

Dept. Food & Dairy Sci. and Tech., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt

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mampowerd@hotmail.com

City

Zagazig

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0000-0002-3911-3884

Volume

13

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

47501

Issue Date

2024-02-01

Receive Date

2024-01-24

Publish Date

2024-02-29

Page Start

57

Page End

72

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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2,342

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF HEALTHY APPLE JAM PRODUCTS FORTIFIED WITH NATURAL HERBAL EXTRACTS

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25 Dec 2024