• Vidhya. E
• Dr. J. S. Veronica Shalini

Abstract: Apples are nature’s marvelous gift to the humankind, indeed, they are life-enhancing medicines enriched with phenols, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and many phytonutrients. Due to the increased awareness of healthy lifestyle, people normally rely on apple juices. Because of the busy life schedule, they depend on the commercialized/carbonated apple juices. The present study was undertaken to detect the actual amount of phytochemicals and antioxidants in Apple Fresh Juice (A.F.J), Apple Commercialized Juice (A.C.J), and Apple Commercialized Carbonated Juice (A.C.C.J). The determination of phytochemicals, analysis of antioxidants, scavenging activity and metal chelating activity by ABTS, DPPH, FRAP was undertaken in the present study. The fresh juice has rich vitamin C than that of commercialized juices and this indicates that the amount of Vitamin C would have been reduced during the processing of juices. The commercialized juices have rich antioxidants than that of fresh juices it indicates that the antioxidants are added by the beverage industries with preservatives while processing the beverages. Since the juices are pure & fresh and devoid of preservatives, it does not allow the microorganisms to grow. Also the acidic condition is maintained to inhibit the microbial growth and shelf life was analyzed by plating technique. From the study, it was observed that, consuming fresh fruits or fresh fruits juices are safe, effective and healthy as they are enriched with rich nutrients compared to the commercialized /carbonated juices.

Apples, Phenols, Vitamins, Minerals, Antioxidants, Phytonutrients, ABTS, FRAP, DPPH, Fresh and Commercialized Juices.

"Comparative Studies on Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Fresh and Commercialized Apple Juices ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no.73-78, March-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903F10.pdf

"Comparative Studies on Phytochemical Composition and Antioxidant Capacity of Fresh and Commercialized Apple Juices ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 3, page no. pp73-78, March-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1903F10.pdf