Calamansi Juice with Camote Leaf Extract: A Product Development

Calamansi is an abundant naturally-grown citrus tree and is one of the sources of staple fruit juice in the Philippines. Hence, this research study aimed to develop an acceptable mocktail drink that utilized the extract of Calamansi Juice with Camote Leaves. The conceptual framework utilized was the Product Development framework, which is a systematic, commercially oriented research to examine what constitutes a new developed product that satisfies every consumer. Factors considered in the product testing included the appearance, taste, color, consistency, aroma and general acceptability that distinguished food product development which are the ethical considerations of producing large volume of safe and healthy food product for human consumption. In line with this, a product testing with one product sample was conducted and participated by the three hundred fifty four (354) student respondents, eighty four (84) teacher respondents, and ten (10) entrepreneur respondents. An evaluation sheet using the modified nine-point Hedonic scale was devised for the conduct of product testing that established the overall acceptability of the product from the respondents.

菲律宾金桔（Calamansi）是一种广泛自然生长的柑橘树种，同时也是菲律宾主流果汁的重要来源之一。故此，本研究旨在开发一款以菲律宾金桔汁提取物搭配番薯叶（Camote Leaves）的符合消费者接受标准的无酒精鸡尾酒（mocktail）饮品。本研究采用产品开发框架（Product Development framework）作为研究的概念框架，该框架属于系统性、以商业为导向的研究方法，用于探究如何打造能够全面满足消费者需求的全新研发产品。本次产品测试考量的维度涵盖外观、风味、色泽、质感、香气及整体接受度，而这些维度亦是食品产品开发的核心考量要素；同时，食品产品开发的伦理准则之一，便是大规模生产安全健康、可供人类食用的食品。基于上述研究目标，本研究开展了单款产品样品的测试，共有354名学生受访者、84名教师受访者及10名企业受访者参与。本研究设计了经过改良的九点喜好量表（nine-point Hedonic scale）作为评价工具，用于开展本次产品测试，以评估受访者对该产品的整体接受度。