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US 2004/0166223 A1Published application
Concentrated juice and methods for producing the same
AssigneeCargill, Incorporated
InventorsHarapanahalli S. Muralidhara, Bassam Jirjis, Jose Passarelli, Doil Williams
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Abstract
Juice is concentrated by passing a feed juice over a reverse osmosis membrane to form a retentate. The retentate is recirculated over the membrane until the feed juice and the retentate reach from between 20° Brix to about 25° Brix to form a juice concentrate.
Claims29
A method of concentrating juice comprising:
- passing a feed juice over a reverse osmosis membrane to form a retentate;
- and
- recirculating the retentate over the membrane until the feed juice and the retentate reach from between 20° Brix to about 25° Brix to form a juice concentrate.
A juice concentrate produced by a process comprising:
- extracting juice from fruit to form a feed juice;
- passing the feed juice over a reverse osmosis membrane to form a retentate;
- and
- recirculating the retentate over the membrane until the feed juice and the retentate reach from between 20° Brix to about 25° Brix to form a juice concentrate.
1 more element
A juice concentrate comprising substantially all of the flavor and fragrance components of a feed juice and from between 20° Brix to about 25° Brix.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.