Vol. 9, Special Issue 1, Part L (2025)

The present investigation entitled “Effect of selected herbal preservatives on keeping quality of paneer” was carried out in the laboratories of Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Science, Dr. PDKV, Akola.

In final experimental trials different herbal preservatives at their selected levels (@ 1%, 0.6% and 0.4%) were studied in detail for their efficacy on shelf life of paneer. the fresh and refrigerated samples of paneer were analysed for chemical, microbiological and sensory quality.

The present study it is concluded that the, control sample was acceptable up to 10^th days of refrigerated storage while in case of paneer samples contain 0.4% turmeric powder + 0.6% cardamom powder was acceptable up to 15^th days of refrigerated storage.