FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PESERVATION PROCESS

An HPP method for preserving fruits may include the steps of: (a) placing a prepared fruit in a container having a capacity less than about two gallons; (b) filling the container with a pH modifying solution to establish a pH in the container in the range of about 2 to about 6, and preferably about...

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Hauptverfasser:	MOY MICHELLE E, PALLESCHI MELISSA ANNE, LEE WINSTON L, NAFISI-MOVAGHAR KARIM, EUSKE AMY S
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	CHEMICAL RIPENING OF FRUIT OR VEGETABLES FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J HUMAN NECESSITIES PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL PRESERVING, e.g. BY CANNING, MEAT, FISH, EGGS, FRUIT,VEGETABLES, EDIBLE SEEDS THE PRESERVED, RIPENED, OR CANNED PRODUCTS THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES
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Zusammenfassung:	An HPP method for preserving fruits may include the steps of: (a) placing a prepared fruit in a container having a capacity less than about two gallons; (b) filling the container with a pH modifying solution to establish a pH in the container in the range of about 2 to about 6, and preferably about 4; (c) deaeration; (d) adding a modifying medium such as a sweetener; (e) vacuum infusion of the solution into the prepared fruit; (f) sealing the container; and (g) applying pressure to the container in the range of about 2,000 to about 120,000 psi, preferably about 90,000 psi, for a time period in the range of about 1 to about 20 minutes, preferably about 5 minutes at a temperature in the range not lower than freezing and not greater than about 230° F.