STANDARDIZATION OF PACKAGING CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OF MANGO (MANGIFERA INDICA L.) CANDY

Abstract

The present research was carried out during the year 2012-13 at the Department of Horticulture, N. D. U. A. &
T., Kumarganj, Faizabad (U.P.) India to standardized the packaging container for storage stability of mango
(Mangifera indica L.) candy (osmo-dehydrated product). The prepared candy of Mallika variety was stored in
different packaging containers like glass jars, plastic jar and LDPE packet at ambient condition. The qualitative
attributes of prepared candy were observed at monthly interval up to 10 months of storage period and observed
the LDPE packet was superior over other containers because least changes were observed in biochemical
constituents, viz. ascorbic acid (6.2 mg/100g), total sugars (71.0 %), β-carotene (1.9 mg/100g), total phenols
(14.4 mg/100g) and also prevent from physiological losses in weight by retaining maximum weight (192.0 g) with
maintained higher organoleptic score (7.8) at the end of storage period. This experiment will be very helpful for
commercialization of mango candy among processors, industrialist as well as consumers in perspective of
stability, price and round the year availability.