29 Sep A liquid sweetener from cashew apple: Boosting farmers income through cashew apple value addition
Cashew apple is a pseudofruit enriched in sugars especially reducing sugars (glucose and fructose), polyphenols, carotenoids, vitamins, minerals, organic acids, amino acids and fiber. Many value added products have been developed using cashew apples including fermented and unfermented food products. However, the fruit is still underutilized where more than 90% of the fruits are left in the orchards as waste, attributing to low shelf life, low palatability, limited market availability for value added products and lack of awareness among people. This invention focuses on utilizing the cashew apple in developing a sweetener which has high demand in the market, has wider applications in food industries and household, has longer shelf life...