Process for producing purified PAC's and sugar from fruit juice, and compositions comprising same

A process for producing an extract comprising sugars and proanthocyanidin of a fruit juice, the process comprising eluting said fruit juice on a cation exchange styrenic resin functionalized by sulfonic acid groups, using a continuous mobile phase consisting of water, and recovering separate fractions including a first fraction and a second fraction from the continuous mobile phase, said separate fractions comprising the first fraction of said proanthocyanidin of said fruit juice and the second fraction of said fruit juice thereby providing said extract comprising sugars and proanthocyanidin.