Comparative study of total sugar content among selected fruits using standard protocol

Abstract

Nature based foods are always known to be most healthy and nutritive without any adverse effects on the metabolism. This makes the vegetable and fruit based foods to be universally acceptable without much concern. However one of the major concern related to the consumption of fruits is their high sugar content which is not suggestible for diabetic individuals. Different fruits have different sugar content and may influence the blood sugar levels variably. The objective of the current work is to study and compare the total sugar content, in particular to glucose in selected varieties of fruit samples. This study may serve as a standard reference to understand the sugar content among various fruits to be selected for consumption. The study involves, selection, processing and extracting the juice from fruits followed by the estimation of total sugar content in then using standard methods. Several known methods like, titrimetry, colorimetry etc are available for this purpose. One of the methods is utilized in the study.