The invention discloses a sour orange and fingered citron compound
fruit juice beverage and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of
fruit juice preparation. The compound
fruit juice beverage is prepared from 10%-40% of
lime liquid, 1%-5% of fingered citron juice, 5%-10% of a compound
sweetening agent and the balance of water, wherein the
sweetening agent is prepared by compounding
erythritol and D-
psicose according to the ratio of (30%-70%): (30%-70%). The preparation method comprises the following steps: cleaning and
cutting the raw materials of the
lime and the fingered citron, boiling and filtering the
lime with peel to prepare lime liquid, juicing and filtering the fingered citron with peel to prepare fingered citron juice, compounding the lime liquid, the fingered citron juice, the
sweetening agent and water, homogenizing, performing UHT sterilization, and packaging and inspecting to obtain a finished product. The
utilization rate of the lime
raw material is increased, the addition of the fingered citron juice improves the
flavor of the beverage, the fingered citron juice and the lime liquid synergistically improve the
oxidation resistance, the compounded
sugar substitute better meets the
healthy diet requirement, and the preparation process is simple to operate and suitable for industrial application.