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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ECOSYSTEMS AND ECOLOGY SCIENCE-IJEES, vol.11, no.1, pp.145-148, 2021 (ESCI, Scopus)
This study is based on the effective use of freshly harvested, freeze, dried and processed use of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) fruits in Pakistan, locally pomegranate is known as Anar. pomegranate is a seasonal fruit crop therefore, rich in many macro and micro food nutritional components to food diet of consumer by eating this in any form it active the immune system in terms of antioxidant, nutritional therapeutic, wound healing, thirst quenching and appetite properties. Pomegranate arils were always hold by outre hard cover and inside the arils were separated by white albedo membrane which gives a protection to the seed of anar. However, studies have shown that pomegranate juice and arils are rich in total carbohydrates and sugars, proteins and amino acids and also have an abundant source of vitamin C 226.8mg, vit. K 44.2mg and folate 1.5mcg. In conclusion this study focuses the health benefits of pomegranate as functional food ingredients in consumer diet to protect their health by consuming pomegranate as food supplement for health concerned.