High pressure processing of foods and food supplements
AssigneeForemost Technologies and Products, Inc.
InventorsLeonid Akhumyan, Inga Hakhumyan, Yana Mkrtichyan
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Abstract
The present invention relates to high pressure processing (HPP) methods of and containers for preparation of food products such as solid or semi-solid foods, beverages and food supplements containing high-pressure sensitive probiotics and other high-pressure sensitive substances, which maintain their viability, biological activity and other beneficial properties in the prepared food product. The present invention also relates to pasteurized food products containing biologically active high-pressure sensitive probiotics, other high-pressure sensitive substances, or their combinations.
Claims26
A method of high pressure processing (HPP) of a food product and an additional high-pressure-sensitive substance in a food packaging container, comprising:
- obtaining the additional high-pressure-sensitive substance;
- converting the additional high-pressure-sensitive substance into an HPP-resistant form, wherein the HPP-resistant form consists of the additional high-pressure-sensitive substance;
- wherein the additional high-pressure substance in the HPP-resistant form does not include encapsulation;
- adding the HPP-resistant form to the food packaging container with the food product, and subjecting the food packaging container to HPP at a pressure from about 100 MPa to about 1,000 MPa, while maintaining the additional high-pressure-sensitive substance in a substantially dry and HPP-resistant form until HPP is completed.
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