Method for the rapid osmotic drying of food
AssigneeTexas Tech University System
InventorRichard Schlomer Meyer
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Abstract
The present invention includes a method and food product made by at least partially enclosing a food product with a water-permeable membrane; and contacting a brine or sugar solution with a water activity sufficiently high to draw water molecules across the water-permeable membrane and away from the food product to preserve the food.
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A method for preserving a food product comprising:
- at least partially enclosing a food product with a water-permeable membrane;
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- contacting a brine or sugar solution with a water activity sufficiently high to draw water molecules across the water-permeable membrane and away from the food product to preserve the food.
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A food product made by a method comprising:
- at least partially enclosing a food product with a water-permeable membrane;
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- contacting under continuous flow a brine or sugar solution with a water activity sufficiently high to draw water molecules across the water-permeable membrane and away from the food product to preserve the food.
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A food product encased in a water permeable membrane made with a continuously flowing, solute saturated solution that continuously pulls water from the food with a water activity sufficient to preserve the food.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.