TREATING FRESH VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

A method and apparatus for treating fresh harvested vegetable products such as herbs and spices includes a conveyor system for moving the product from a supply to a chilled water washing station which includes a drain portion; at a second station the product is steeped in a solution of citric and as...

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Hauptverfasser:	JAMES JOSEPH ALBRECHT, RON CHING HSIEH
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS HUMAN NECESSITIES PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Zusammenfassung:	A method and apparatus for treating fresh harvested vegetable products such as herbs and spices includes a conveyor system for moving the product from a supply to a chilled water washing station which includes a drain portion; at a second station the product is steeped in a solution of citric and ascorbic or erythorbic acid and then drained; the product is then dried quickly at a third station in a fluidized bed dryer and then passed to heated huxectant bath at a fifth station and then drained again; at a sixth station, the product is rapidly cooled in a cooling chamber; at a seventh station the product may be destemmed and then chopped and packaged.