DEVELOPMENT OF RECIPES OF PLANT-BASED BEVERAGES BASED ON SUNFLOWER PROTEIN CONCENTRATE.

The research indicates the factors that contribute to the development of the plant-based milk industry in Ukraine, provides an analysis of the plant-based milk market in Ukraine and the world, shows the prospects for the development of this segment over the next decade in the country, outlines the segment of Ukrainians who are potential consumers of the target product – plant-based milk. Based on the analysis of literary data, the relevance and expediency of processing sunflower protein concentrates, which are currently produced in Ukraine by enterprises of the oil and fat industry, into plant-based beverages is substantiated. The perspective and expediency of using fillers - cocoa powder, sugar, natural flavorings and dyes, amylolytic enzymes, thickeners, spices (turmeric, curry, cocoa powder), acidity regulators - in recipes of plant-based drinks based on dry defatted sunflower protein concentrate is shown. The basic recipes of plant-based drinks were compiled on the basis of the analysis of literature data on the chemical composi- tion of drinking cow's milk and various types of "plant-based milk" existing in Ukraine, using gray sunflower protein concentrate as the main raw material, which is produced on an industrial scale by the Ukrainian oil-extraction plant Plant №1 "Potoky" LLC, Dnipro. Based on the analysis of the organoleptic indicators of herbal drinks produced according to the basic recipes, the feasibility of producing another type of basic raw material - dry defatted sunflower protein concentrate - with improved organoleptic indica- tors, in particular, with white color, was substantiated. The basic enterprise improved the production technology of sunflower pro- tein concentrate and a line of plant-based drinks was developed on the basis of dry, defatted sunflower white protein concentrate. The result of the work was three recipes of herbal drinks: a drink with a "Sweet Cream" flavor, a drink with a "Melon" flavor, and a "Chocolate" drink. The organoleptic evaluation of herbal drinks produced according to the developed recipes confirmed their high sensory characteristics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]