
Coconut-Based Beverages and Products
- 1st Edition - November 21, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Ravi Pandiselvam, Kaavya Rathnakumar, Anjineyulu Kothakota
- Language: English
Coconut-Based Beverages and Products covers the wide range of coconut-based drinks and other selected coconut products. The book provides a comprehensive view of recent develo… Read more

- Details coconut standards, nutritional profiles, and preservation and packaging techniques for coconut-based beverages
- Describes a different coconut-based product and its processing in each chapter
- Covers the practical and/or industrial scale adoptability of various products and processing techniques
1. Coconut beverages –Introduction and Food Standards
2. Tender coconut water-Chemistry and preservation methods
3. Matured coconut water-Nutritional Profile and preservation methods
4. Coconut Inflorescence Sap- Fermentation Chemistry and preservation methods
5. Coconut Milk - Chemistry and preservation methods
6. Recent advances in adulteration detection of coconut beverages
7. Packaging material for coconut beverages
II. Coconut based products:
8. Virgin Coconut Oil-Recent advances in production and characterization
9. Virgin Coconut oil infused products-Hair cream, moisturizer
10. Coconut byproducts based Extrudates-Development and Characterization
11. Coconut milk based dairy analogues –flavored coconut milk, ice cream, paneer, yogurt
12. Coconut based dried and baked products –Chips and Cookies
13. Coconut Inflorescence Sap-Value added products and its Characteristics
14. Coconut water-based blends, squash, jelly and vinegar
15. Medicinal benefits of coconut products-Clinical trials and future outlook
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: November 21, 2025
- Language: English
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Ravi Pandiselvam
Dr. R. Pandiselvam is a Senior Scientist (Agricultural Engineering) at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. He received his B.Tech. in Agricultural Engineering (2010) and M.Tech. in Agricultural Processing & Food Engineering (2012) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore. He completed his Ph.D. from TNAU in 2015 and joined ICAR in 2016 as a Scientist at the ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod, Kerala. During his tenure at CPCRI (2016–2024), Dr. Pandiselvam significantly contributed to the design and development of several post-harvest technologies including a minimal processing machine for tender coconut, a continuous-type coconut testa removing machine, a tender coconut cutting machine, and preservation protocols for trimmed tender coconut. He was also involved in the development and commercialization of value-added coconut-based food products such as Kalpa Krunch, Frozen Coconut Delicacy, and Matured Coconut Water-Based Beverages, benefitting over 40 entrepreneurs. He has trained more than 8,000
stakeholders through demonstrations and capacity-building programs. Dr. Pandiselvam has authored over 100 research and review articles in reputed journals, co-authored 7 books and 67 book chapters, and serves on editorial boards of several international journals. His achievements have been recognized with prestigious awards, including the NAAS Young Scientist Award (2020), NAAS Associate (2021), ISAE Distinguished Service Award (2020), and inclusion in the World’s Top 2% Scientists list by Stanford University & Elsevier. Recently, he was honored with the Rashtriya Krishi Vigyan Puraskar 2025– Young Scientist Award for his outstanding contributions to agricultural engineering and technology dissemination.
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Kaavya Rathnakumar
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Anjineyulu Kothakota
Dr. Anjineyulu Kothakota is working as a Scientist in CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram. He has done his B.Tech in Food Technology from ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh, India, M.Tech in Food Engineering and Technology from SLIET, Punjab, India and PhD in Agricultural Processing and Food Engineering from GBPUAT, Uttarakhand, India. He has a well-proven track record of achievements in the field of post-harvest technologies and agri-waste management, especially in the area of development of cost-effective biodegradable tableware utilizing agro-residues to replace single-use plastics, utilizing a wide range of agro-residues such as rice and wheat bran, rice husk, rice straw, corn wastes, fibre-rich plant parts etc. The technology for the production of such biodegradable products has been so far transferred to 16 companies/start-ups and even multi-national companies like ITC and Nestle have shown interest in taking up the technology. His keen interest in research is evident from the numerous publications in high-impact-factor journals, having a combined citation count of over 2493 and an h-index of 27. Recognizing his contributions to Engineering and Science, he has received several accolades like the Kerala State Young Scientist Award, INAE–Young Engineer Award 2022, ICAR-NAAS Young Scientist Award 2021, ICAR-NAAS Associate Award 2023, CSIR Award for Science and Technology Innovations for Rural Development (CAIRD) 2020, Young Scientist Representing India in DST Shanghai Cooperation Organization-Young Scientist Conclave 2020, etc.