National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Edible wax coating is one of the method for enhancing the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, thereby post-harvest losses of these can also be reduced. India ranks first in the production of rice bran oil and large amount of wax available from the oil refineries. At present Indian scenario this wax is more used in pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries even though it is edible. Lack of proper refining method constraints its use in food application. In this present study refining of locally procured crude rice bran wax was done and its purity was checked by analyzing some physico chemical parameters. Variation in color, moisture content, melting point, acid value, iodine value and saponification value are observed as refining proceeds. The obtained results are accordance with previously reported values and similar to carnauba wax. The potential of crude wax in India can be wisely use for edible coating purposes which make value addition to the rice byproducts.
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