Treatment Banana juice (ml) M. arvensis extract (ml) Milk whey (ml) Sugar powder* (g) B1 5 1 86 8 B2 5 3 84 8 B3 5 5 82 8 B4 10 1 81 8 B5 10 3 79 8 B16 10 5 77 8 B7 15 1 76 8 B8 15 3 74 8 B9 15 5 72 8 *since the sugar powder was weighed in grams, the total volume of beverage was adjusted by the volume of whey (if required).

Table 1: Selected proportions of banana juice, M. arvensis extract and milk whey in the preparation of 100 ml beverage.