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US 2014/0348986 A1Published application
Avocado Processing
AssigneeThe Iams Company
InventorsSusan Ruth Beyer, Robbert H. Ter Haar
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Abstract
Avocados are processed in a controlled manner to optimize and maintain their levels of mannoheptulose and perseitol. The avocado flesh is used as a source of these materials in food compositions, especially pet foods.
Claims20
A process for treating avocados, comprising:
- A.) harvesting the unripe fruit having a hardness greater than about 5 LBF;
- B.) contacting the fruit from step (A) with ethylene gas until the fruit exhibits a penetrometer reading greater than about 2 LBF and less than about 5 LBF, according to the Penetrometer Test Procedure;
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- C.) terminating step (B) by a procedure selected from removing the avocados from contact with the ethylene gas, or cooling the avocados to a temperature at or below about 45° F., or both, to provide an avocado product.
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A composition for oral ingestion, comprising:
- a) avocado flesh having a penetrometer reading greater than about 2 LBF and less than about 5 LBF, according to the Penetrometer Test Procedure in an amount sufficient to provide at least about 0.0001% of a member selected from the group consisting of mannoheptulose, perseitol and mixtures thereof, by weight of said composition;
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- b) an additive selected from the group consisting of protein, fat, carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals, and mixtures of said additives.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.