Background:
All beverages contain water and contribute to hydration, which is essential for good health. Today, there is much confusion about the impact of some beverages and ingredients on health. However, its importance in nutrition is not to be overlooked, and choose a beverage for nutritional balance. Beverages containing sugars and other carbohydrates, proteins, and fats also provide calories that, like the calories found in foods, contribute to an individual’s total daily energy intake. Some beverages also contain vitamins, minerals, and other bioactive compounds like antioxidants and polyphenols that have potential health benefits. Some beverages are also fortified with additional nutrients like vitamin D and DHA and beneficial ingredients like phytosterols. In recent years, functional beverages have become popular among people who want specific health benefits from their foods and beverages.:
Technology Details:
The utilization of processed products using sorghum and finger millets is now important because they contain resistant starch (which is digested slowly), also proteins, minerals, vitamins, and phytochemicals. Green gram (Vigna radiata) and soybeans are excellent sources of protein, dietary fibre, vitamins, and minerals. Sprouting increases protein and dietary fiber; reduces tannin and phytic acid and increases mineral bioavailability and is therefore incorporated in mixes to enhance the nutrient content of diets. Jaggery, a traditional sweetener made by concentrating sugarcane juice, is natural. Buttermilk is an excellent source of minerals, vitamins, enzymes, and protein with several therapeutic potentials and has applications in a variety of foods such as drinks, nutritious bakery products, confectionaries, etc.