A new assortment of functional fruit-jelly candies on a blueberry basis

Abstract

Improvement in the nutritive value of food products by using local plant raw materials containing natural biologically active substances is a highly relevant and important issue. Due to the fact that the nature of Georgia is characterized by the diversity of medicinal plant raw materials, their targeted application to improve human health is becoming increasingly important today. Among the population, sugary confectionery products and various assortments of candies are particularly popular; therefore, it is very important to develop the technology of a new range of fruit-jelly candies for therapeutic-prophylactic and functional purposes using local plant raw materials rich in biologically active substances. To that end, we chose the blueberry common in Georgia and prepared a fruit-jelly candy with the semi-finished product obtained from it. The results of the research proved that products in which 50% of apple puree is replaced with blueberry and, besides, citric acid, citrus essence, and colorant are removed from the recipe have the best organoleptic and physico-chemical characteristics.