Systems and methods for processing juice
AssigneeBlueSky IP, LLC
InventorsDimple K Kundiyana, Nick Dokoozlian, Timothy Holt, Thomas Blair, Ravi Ponangi, Leah Chapin
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a method and a system for processing grapes. An example system includes a simulated moving bed (SMB) device configured to receive a feed stream and an eluent stream as inputs and provide an extract stream and a raffinate stream as outputs. The feed stream includes a grape juice, the extract stream includes a high-sugar grape juice, and the raffinate stream includes a low-sugar grape juice. The system also includes fermentation equipment configured to produce a low-alcohol wine from the low-sugar grape juice.
Claims16
A method of processing grape juice, the method comprising:
- providing as inputs to a simulated moving bed (SMB) device a feed stream and an eluent stream, the feed stream comprising a grape juice, the eluent stream comprising a low brix juice having a sugar content less than or equal to about 3 degrees Brix;
- receiving as outputs from the SMB device an extract stream and a raffinate stream, the extract stream comprising a high-sugar grape juice having a sugar content from about 15 degrees Brix to about 30 degrees Brix and the raffinate stream comprising a low-sugar grape juice having a sugar content from about 0.5 degrees Brix to about 6 degrees Brix;
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- providing the low-sugar grape juice to a process for making low-alcohol wine having an alcohol by volume (ABV) concentration from about <0.5% to about 13%.
A method of processing grape juice, the method comprising:
- providing as inputs to a simulated moving bed (SMB) device a feed stream and an eluent stream, the feed stream comprising a grape juice;
- receiving as outputs from the SMB device an extract stream and a separate raffinate stream, the extract stream comprising a fructose concentration from about 5 g/100 mL to about 50 g/100 mL and a glucose concentration less than or equal to about 5 g/100 mL and the raffinate stream comprising a glucose concentration from about 5 g/100 mL to about 50 g/100 mL and a fructose concentration less than or equal to about 5 g/100 mL;
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- removing water from the extract stream to produce fructose crystals and from the raffinate stream to produce glucose crystals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.