Table 1: Value Added Products of Cashew Apple.

Sr.

Cashew appleproducts

Methods

1

Syrup [21]

Sugar (2kg/lit) added to clarified juice and 15 g/l citric acid is added.

2

Ready to serve beverage (RTS)[14]

1 lit of RTS drink; 120 g of sugar per to 730 ml of water and boiled. 150 ml of clarified cashew apple juice is added.

3

Squash [22]

1 lit of squash, 400 g sugar and 2.5 g of citric acid were added to 350 ml of water and boiled. Then 250 ml of clarified cashew apple juice is added. The squash is stained, bottled and sealed.

4

Jam [14]

1 kg of cashew apple pulp, 1 kg sugar and 2-5 g of citric acid were added. The pulp is cooked until the jam is prepared. The jam is poured into jars and sealed.

5

Soda [14]

Cashew soda is prepared by mixing of 10 ml chilled carbonated water at 100 psi pressure. 50 ml syrup was added to give 200 ml cashew soda.

7

Vinegar [14]

Vinegar is prepared by adding 158 g sugar, 1 lit of juice and 2g of yeast. It was recommended to have 12 days of alcoholic fermentation, then mother vinegar was added, and the mixture was kept for 2 weeks. Acidity level is 4-5 %.

8

Cashew apple candy [14]

The cane sugar was used for the preparation of the same. The draining and drying was used. .1 kg of cashew apple is placed in 1 kg of sugar syrup for 2-3 weeks. The sugar is added in phased manner. After 2-3 weeks, the apples were removed and dried to obtained candy.

9

Confectionaries [23]

Cashew apple chocolate, biscuit etc was made using Powdered cashew apple and pulp along with addition of ghee and milk powder.

10

Pickle [14]

Green apple pieces were used for pickle by adding chili powder, turmeric powder, asafotedia powder, mustard powder, fenugreek powder, ginger, garlic, green chilli vinegar, gingelly oil and salt.

11

Chutney [23]

This was made by adding ingredients in the cashew apple slices like onion, ginger, cumin, pepper, cardamom, cinnamon, coriander, vinegar, salt and sugar to cashew apple slices.