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US 2023/0397639 A1Published application
Device for forming fruit and vegetables
AssigneeFraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
InventorsChristian Kaiser, Severin Seifert, Christine Kalina, Sebastian Dittrich
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for forming fruit and vegetables by means of ultrasonic waves, to a convenience food item comprising fruit and vegetables formed in this way, and to the use of ultrasonic waves for forming fruit and vegetables.
Claims12
A method for forming fruit and vegetables, comprising the following method steps:
- a) providing a piece of fruit or vegetable;
- b) irradiating the piece of fruit or vegetable with ultrasonic waves;
- c) heating the liquid in the pulp of the piece of fruit or vegetable by acoustic cavitation;
- d) disrupting the cell structures of the pulp by liquid evaporation;
- e) forming a cavity in the piece of fruit or vegetable.
2 more elements
The method of forming fruit or vegetables by sound waves.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.