The study was conducted to develop a healthy instant mango drink powder and to
compare its nutritional facts with commercially available mango drink powder. For this
purpose, ripe Amropali mangoes were collected from a local source. After drying the
mango pulp in a cabinet dryer, three formulations were prepared to compare with a locally
available commercial brand mango drink powder. In this study, moisture, ash, protein, fat,
carbohydrate, and energy contents were ranged from 0.2 to 4.6%, 0.4 to 2.6%, 0.7 to
2.2%, 0.6 to 0.9%, 89.5 to 97.8% and 375.4 to 400.5 kcal/100 g, respectively. The crude
fiber was not found in any of the instant mango drink powder. Among the bioactive
compounds, the flavonoid content in the commercial brand was higher than other
formulated mango drink powder. In contrast, total anthocyanin content and total phenolic
content values of all formulated instant mango drinks were higher than the commercial
brand. Potassium, Magnesium, Chloride, Phosphorus, and Vitamin C were higher in
formulated powder than the commercial preparation, but sodium, calcium, and iron
contents were higher in the commercial mango drink powder. Antioxidant capacity was
also found to be significantly higher in our formulated powder than that of commercial
preparation. From the sensory and microbiological point of view, our formulated instant
mango drink powder exhibited significant acceptability and stability. So, the formulated
instant mango drink powder appears to be nutritionally and tastefully as acceptable as
commercially available instant mango drink powders and able to meet day-to-day
nutritional requirements as a supplement.