Prickly pear peels as a new source of natural liquid sweetener and its application in toffee manufacture [electronic resource].

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Prickly pear peels liquid sweetener (PPPLS) was prepared from prickly pear peels (PPP) and used as substitute sweetening agent for glucose syrup or sucrose at levels of 25, 50, 75 or 100% in toffee manufacture. The physico-chemical and sensory properties were determined just alter preparation and intervals every one month during storage at room temperature for six months. Prickly pear peels (PPP) considered as by product that characterized by their higher content of sugars reached to 11.43 %. The chemical and physical properties, sensory evaiuation as well as utilization of natural liquid sweetener produced from prickly pear peels were studied.

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