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US 10,517,309 B2Granted
Method for processing vegetables
AssigneeFullgreen Ltd
InventorsNigel Parker, Joanna Misa-Harris
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Abstract
A method for processing vegetables to reduce unpleasant odor and/or taste, and/or to minimize discoloration, deterioration, degradation, or rot over a period of storage time is described. The method includes: i) subjecting the vegetable to mechanical size reduction; ii) heating or freezing the vegetable for a pre-determined period; and iii) bringing the softened vegetable product into contact with one or more reactive oxygen species selected from: peroxides; superoxides; and ozone.
Claims12
A method for processing a vegetable which belongs in the species Brassica oleracea, the method comprising:
- i) a dicing step comprising subjecting the vegetable to mechanical size reduction;
- ii) a softening step performed subsequent to the dicing step, wherein the softening step comprises heating or freezing the vegetable for a pre-determined period;
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- iii) a treatment step comprising bringing the softened vegetable into contact with one or more reactive oxygen species selected from peroxides and superoxides.
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