Occurrence of Bioactive Health Promoting Compounds in Commercial Products of Mango, Pineapple and Wood Apple in Sri Lanka

Bioactive health promoting compounds are present in foods that provide benefits beyond their nutritional value. Processing of fruits into products can have significant consequences on the composition. This research was conducted to determine compositional variation vitamin C, total phenolic content (TPC), antioxidant activity (DPPH Radical Scavenging assay), β-carotene, soluble solids (0Bx value) and acidity nectar, cordial jam processed using ripe mango, pineapple wood apple. Vitamin C unfortified cordials 6.8±0.6 8.5±1.2 mg/100g FW for apple respectively. However, fortified comparatively higher mango (56.7-67.6 FW), (44.5-54.6 FW) (49.9 TPC nectars ranged from 1.0-4.0 mg tannic acid equivalent (TAE)/100g (mango), 2.4-3.8 (pineapple) 0.7-2.3 mgTAE/100g (wood apple) respectively whereas it 3.3- 4.9 2.4-5.3 1.3-4.7 cordials. than nectar due incorporation 40% fruit pulp jams. The within range 0.23-0.40 0.29-0.38 0.21-0.38 μmolTrolox g-1 FW. not correlated with or while vs dry weight highly (R2 = 0.98). A substantial amount β-carotene measured detected products. ways minimizing potential influential factors along supply chain is yet be investigated broader perspective. It recommended promote cultivation new varieties rich nutrients, designing industrial processing technologies including non-thermal techniques minimize loss bioactive phytochemicals.