India, which is also known as Fruit-Basket of the world, produces the finest varieties of Pomegranates with soft seeds, less acid, and great color of fruits and grains. Packed with antioxidants, excellent flavor, nutritive value and medicinal properties make it a real “Super-fruit” and indicate its potentials for value-added product processing. Pomegranate fruit has many applications as in Baking, Food processing, Confectioneries, Home cooking, and Snacks. Pomegranate, having an odd combination of sphere and hexagon takes quite a time in the process of breaking and sorting arils from the fruit and end up staining hand as well as a platform. This shows an opportunity for processing Pomegranates into a variety of products. Products from minimally processed fresh arils are pomegranate juice, concentrate, jam, jelly, wine, anardana, molasses, and many more. Along with these, certain byproducts can also be obtained from the pomegranate rind, peel, seeds, etc. have many applications in the food, cosmetic as well as pharmaceutical industries. The inconvenience, time-consuming process, and need for ready-to-eat products have increased the demand for Processed Pomegranate Products in the market. Also, the consumer health consciousness, busy lifestyle, willingness to try something new with the assurance of safety and hygienic conditions, increasing disposable income, etc. are pushing food processing businesses in India.
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