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    Development of a Herbal Tea Beverage
    (Uva Wellassa University of Sri Lanka, 2012) Rathnayaka, A.M.A.B.; Mahindarathne, M.G.P.P.; Aberathna, Naresh
    Across the globe, there are about 150 million people suffering from diabetes mellitus. Each of these people is at increased risk of developing a number of complications, each of which are associated with a reduction in quality of life and an increase in individual morbidity and mortality. However, despite these physiological implications, as well as the financial burden associated with the management of the disease, existing treatment options are costly, and have limited, palliative effects. One treatment that is emerging as a potential panacea for the management of diabetes is Masbedda (Gymnema sylvestre). The leaves are used in herbal medicine preparations. Herbal drinks have gained in popularity in recent years due to the health benefits. Today, ready to drink beverages products have huge demand in the export market. Because ready-to-drink tea is better than virtually every other packaged beverage for meeting the health and wellness requirements of consumers and the increasing desire for natural products combined with an obligatory convenience character. Although various herbal value added tea product are exported from Sri Lanka, still the availability of Ready-to-Drink herbal tea products for export market are not satisfactory. Therefore, tea exporters have to be involved in developing tea with herbs as value added products to earn more revenues in this competitive market. Therefore, this study was carried out to develop a ready to drink herbal tea beverage using Green tea with Masbedda, Cinnamon and Cardamom.