Processed citrus fruit item having reduced bitterness
AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsMasaru Fujiwara, Yoshiaki Yokoo
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Abstract
Provided is a processed citrus fruit item in which the super surface layer of the peel of a citrus fruit is removed at a thickness at which the oil sacs in the peel are not destroyed, whereby the processed citrus fruit item has reduced bitterness while containing a wealth of flavor components.
Claims8
A processed citrus fruit comprising a peel, wherein:
- a part of a super surface layer of the peel has been shaved from an outer surface of the peel at 50% or more of an outer surface area of the peel, and
- 50% or more by number of oil sacs present in the peel of the same fruit prior to processing remain in the peel of the processed citrus fruit and are not ruptured.
A method for producing a processed citrus fruit comprising shaving a part of a super surface layer of a peel of a citrus fruit from an outer surface of the peel at 50% or more of an outer surface area of the peel to produce the processed citrus fruit, wherein 50% or more by number of oil sacs present in the peel of the same fruit prior to processing remain in the peel of the processed citrus fruit and are not ruptured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.