• Ms. Vandana Garg
• Priyanka Sharma

Herbal tea is commonly considered as an immunity booster with many therapeutic benefits. The purpose of this study was to determine the nutritional properties and organoleptic properties of herbal tea developed using either bael leaf powder (commercially available) or dried bael leaves. Tulsi, ginger, and cardamom were the other flavor-enhancing herbs and spices used in this herbal tea. The samples with different concentrations were prepared and standardized. The organoleptic acceptability of all the herbal tea samples was assessed using a nine-point hedonic scale. The commercial lab analysis of the final herbal tea samples and the control herbal tea sample (without bael leaves) was performed to obtain tannins, iron, and saponin content. The most acceptable herbal tea samples were powdered bael leave with tulsi and dry bael leave with cardamom. The iron and saponin concentrations in powdered bael leaves with ginger herbal tea were 21.30 mg and 148 mg per 100 g; dry bael leaves with ginger herbal tea contained 19.25 mg and 142 mg per 100 g, whereas the control herbal tea contained 3.90 mg and 12.39 mg per 100 g, respectively. There were no tannins in any of the samples. As a result, it is advised to drink this tea 3-5 times per day to reap the benefits of its therapeutic properties.

Bael leaves, aegle marmelos, antioxidants, herbal tea, saponins, tannins

"A STUDY ON NUTRITIONAL AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF HERBAL TEA DEVELOPED USING DRY BAEL LEAVES AND ITS POWDER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no.g197-g202, September-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309641.pdf

"A STUDY ON NUTRITIONAL AND ORGANOLEPTIC PROPERTIES OF HERBAL TEA DEVELOPED USING DRY BAEL LEAVES AND ITS POWDER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 9, page no. ppg197-g202, September-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2309641.pdf