This document discusses different types of beverages. It notes that all beverages contain water, which supports hydration. Many fruit and vegetable juices are good sources of vitamins and minerals. Beverages provide hydration but often contain added sugar, providing calories but few nutrients. The document goes on to describe specific beverages like tea, coffee, fruit juices, milk and soy beverages, noting the nutritional contributions and varieties of each type. It also discusses carbonated drinks and their acidic nature.

1. Preparation of Beverages
By – Astha K. Patel
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2. • Beverages are drinks used for the purpose of
relieving thirst.
• All beverages contain water, which support
proper hydration.
• Many 100% fruit & vegetable juices are also a
good source of vitamin C, folate & Potassium,
while milk provides Calcium.
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3. Nutritional Significance of Baverages
• Most beverages contain a great deal of water.
This does not add many nutrients to the diet, but
it does play an important role in the maintaining
body balance by preventing dehydration.
• Beverages are not usually consumed for their
food value, but many, particularly fruit drinks
contain high % of sugar therefore it provide
energy to the body.
• Fruit juices also provides vitamins & minerals.
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4. Types of Beverages
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5. Non-alcoholic Bavereges
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7. Tea
• Tea is stimulating & refreshing drink.
• The principles flavour components of tea are
1. Caffeine- provide stimulating effect
2. Tannin yielding compounds – provide colour
& taste
3. Small amount of essential oils- provides
aroma.
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8. • Tea comes in many varieties including herbal,
caffeinated, iced, sweet, instant.
• Tea particularly Green & black are good
sources of flavonoids, which have antioxidant
properties.
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9. Coffee
• It is prepared from the beans of the coffee
plant.
• Available in many variety including
caffeinated, decaffeinated, brewed, roasted,
instant, flavoured, iced etc.
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10. Fruit beverages
• It is obtained by extracting the juice from the
fruits such as orange, grape, pineapple,
lemon, tomato etc.
• These juices are excellent sources of vitamins,
minerals & energy.
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11. Milk beverages
• Milk beverages are prepared by the addition
of different variety of flavours like strawberry,
pista, & chocolate.
• They enhance the flavour of milk & thereby
increase consumption of milk specially in
young children.
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12. • Milk is available in many varieties including
whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, skim milk,
flavoured milk, powdered, condensed milk.
• Milk is excellent source of calcium, vit. D,
potassium, vit. B12, riboflavin, phosphorus &
protein.
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13. Soy beverages
• Soy beverages contains any nutrients including
protein, CHO., potassium, iron, phosphorus.
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14. Carbonated Non- Alchoholic Beverages
• These are generallyy sweeetened, flavoured,
& colored.
• Contain 92% of water & 8-14 % of sugar.
• Sacchrin is used as artificial sweetner.
• These provides only calories no nutrients.
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15. • Phosphoric acid, citric acid, fumaric acid &
tartaric acid which are added to enhance the
flavour & make drink acidic.
• It is not recommended to patient with acidity
& stomach ulcer.
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