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US 12,674,214 B2Granted
Method of producing decolorized beet products and compositions produced therefrom
AssigneeThermoLife International, LLC
InventorsRonald Kramer, Alexandros Nikolaidis
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods of producing decolorized beet products and compositions produced therefrom. In some implementations, the decolorized beet product is decolorized beetroot juice.
Claims19
A method of removing red color from a Beta vulgaris, Conditiva group beetroot product, the method comprising:
- providing a beetroot liquid, wherein the beetroot liquid is produced from a B. vulgaris, Conditiva group plant;
- acidifying the beetroot liquid to a pH of less than 5 to produce an acidified beetroot liquid;
- providing a sufficient amount of activated carbon;
- mixing the sufficient amount of activated carbon in the acidified beetroot liquid to produce a decolorized processed beetroot product, wherein the activated carbon is homogenously dispersed in the acidified beetroot liquid;
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- collecting the decolorized processed beetroot product.
3 more elements
A purified beetroot juice composition comprising a beetroot liquid produced from a B. vulgaris, Conditiva group plant, wherein the purified beetroot juice composition lacks red color of the B. vulgaris, Conditiva group plant, and the composition has a nitrate content of more than 1%.
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