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US 2023/0047543 A1Published application
Dried products made from fruit and/or vegetables and production methods
AssigneePasona Knowledge Partner Inc.
InventorsPeter Eisner, Dominic Wimmer, Christian Zacherl, Regina Lightner (nee Fischl)
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Abstract
The dried products of the present invention provide snacks (so-called crispy smoothies) having a particularly high proportion of fruit, which, owing to their production at low temperatures with extensive exclusion of oxygen, are distinguished by a high level of preservation of oxidation- and temperature-sensitive, but valuable, fruit constituents and which have an intense flavor and also a homogeneous appearance which is attractive in terms of color.
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A method of manufacturing a dried fruit product, the method comprising:
- providing constituents of at least one fruit variety;
- comminuting the constituents of the at least one fruit variety to form a moist mass, the moist mass comprising a consistency of a puree;
- predrying the moist mass to produce a predried mass, wherein a water content of the predried mass is reduced to a proportion of mass from about 35% to about 60% of an original water content of the moist mass;
- inputting an inert gas into the predried mass to produce a foamed up predried mass;
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- microwave drying the foamed up predried mass under reduced pressure conditions to produce the dried fruit product.
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