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US 2014/0227405 A1Published application
Process for the pasteurization of sap and products thereof
AssigneeFederation Des Producteurs Acericoles Du Quebec
InventorsGeneviève Béland, Julie Barbeau
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Abstract
The present document describes a process for the sterilization and/or pasteurization of sap without denaturing polyphenols and other ingredients present therein, and a sap product prepared from the processes.
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In a method of sterilization and/or pasteurization of sap or sap concentrate;
- the improvement characterized in the step of:
- a) sterilization treatment of said sap or sap concentrate for a time sufficient to substantially inhibit microbial growth in said sap or sap concentrate with minimal taste alteration, or
- pasteurization treatment of said sap or sap concentrate for a time sufficient to pasteurize, wherein said pasteurization treatment is at least one of a heat pasteurization treatment, a High Temperature Short Time (HTST) treatment, a thermization treatment, a centrifugation treatment, a UV treatment, and combinations thereof, or
- micro-filtration of said sap or sap concentrate with a micro-filter of pore size between about 0.1 μm to about 1 μm,
- or combinations thereof,
- prior to transporting, storing and transporting, transporting and storing, performing a sterilization treatment, or combinations thereof, of said sap or sap concentrate.
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