Patents
The invention relates to a process for the preparation of honey-based fruit spreads. The honey-based fruit spread prepared by this process will certainly have good market potential at the national and international levels. These exotic spreads can find extensive utilization in sandwiches, chapathi, dosa or similar breakfast foods to make them more appealing and appetizing. Honey spread is prepared by partial replacement of sugar with honey along with the addition of other ingredients such as citric acid, pectin and benzoic acid to fruit pulp, followed by thermal treatment. The high osmotic pressure in the product creates unfavorable conditions for the growth and reproduction of most species of microorganisms like yeast, mold and bacteria responsible for food spoilage.