System and method of preparing frozen coconuts
AssigneeBio-Diversified Ventures Inc.
InventorTorin L.T. Kline
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and method for preparing frozen coconuts for reliably preserving coconut meat and coconut water inside its own coconut shells. The method comprises drying dehusked coconut, partially freezing the dried dehusked coconut in a chilling unit and freezing the partially frozen dried dehusked coconut in a freezing unit. In one embodiment of the invention, dried dehusked coconut are vacuum sealed and flash frozen to preserve nutrients in a flash freezing unit. The frozen coconuts are stored in frozen storage and have shelf life of over a year. The frozen coconuts, upon thawing, have fresh taste with coconut meat and intact coconut water inside a coconut shell.
Claims18
A method for preparing a frozen coconut containing frozen coconut meat and frozen coconut water, the method comprising:
- providing a polished, dehusked and untapped coconut comprising an intact coconut shell, and that contains coconut meat and young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell;
- wherein said polished, dehusked and untapped coconut shell comprises a young green coconut having its outer green exocarp layer and a substantial portion of its fibrous husk mesocarp middle layer removed;
- drying moisture from said polished, dehusked and untapped coconut to weigh 95% or less than its weight prior to the drying, to create a dried, polished, dehusked and untapped coconut that comprises the intact coconut shell and contains said coconut meat and further contains said young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell;
- vacuum sealing, within a bag, said dried, polished, dehusked and untapped coconut that contains said coconut meat and said young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell to create a vacuum sealed package;
- freezing said vacuum sealed package, in an environment at or below 0 degrees Celsius to create the frozen coconut containing the frozen coconut meat and frozen coconut water;
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- storing said frozen coconut.
A method for preparing a frozen coconut containing frozen coconut meat and frozen coconut water, the method comprising:
- providing a dehusked and untapped coconut comprising an intact coconut shell and that contains coconut meat and young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell;
- wherein said dehusked and untapped coconut comprises a young green coconut having its outer green exocarp layer removed and a substantial portion of its fibrous husk mesocarp middle layer removed and leaving a protective top husk that covers two eyes and a mouth of said dehusked and untapped coconut, and wherein said protective top husk is cone shaped;
- drying moisture from said dehusked and untapped coconut to weight 95% or less than its weight prior to the drying, to create a dried, dehusked, and untapped coconut that comprises the intact coconut shell and that contains said coconut meat and further contains said young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell;
- vacuum sealing, within a bag, said dried, dehusked and untapped coconut that contains said coconut meat and said young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell, to create a vacuum sealed package;
- freezing said vacuum sealed package, in an environment at or below 0 degrees Celsius to create the frozen coconut containing the frozen coconut meat and frozen coconut water;
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- storing said frozen coconut.
A method for preparing a frozen coconut containing frozen coconut meat and frozen coconut water, the method comprising:
- providing a dehusked and untapped coconut that comprises an intact coconut shell and contains coconut meat and containing young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell;
- wherein said dehusked and untapped coconut comprises a young green coconut having its outer green exocarp layer and a substantial portion of its fibrous husk mesocarp middle layer removed;
- wherein said young green coconut has been rested for at least two days prior to having said outer green exocarp layer removed and a substantial portion of said fibrous husk mesocarp middle layer removed;
- drying moisture from said dehusked and untapped coconut, to weigh 95% or less than its weight prior to the drying, to create a dried, dehusked and untapped coconut that comprises the intact coconut shell and contains said coconut meat and further contains said young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell;
- vacuum sealing, within a bag, said dried, dehusked and untapped coconut that contains said coconut meat within and said young coconut water enclosed within the coconut shell, to create a vacuum sealed package;
- freezing the vacuum sealed package in an environment at or below 0 degrees Celsius to create the frozen coconut containing the frozen coconut meat and frozen coconut water;
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- storing said frozen coconut.
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