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AssigneeSociete des Produits Nestle S.A.
InventorsYONGCHENG LIAO, HUAN SHI, CHUNHUA DONG, LENNART FRIES, FEI XU, YUE SONG
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The invention relates to a process for preparing a berry composition from whole berries having bioactive and/or nutritional compounds of a whole berry and having improved sensory and miscibility/dispersibility properties. The process comprises the steps of providing whole berries, grinding said whole berries to obtain a whole berry suspension and micronizing said whole berry suspension. In particular, the process does not comprise any step of removal of the inherent insoluble fibers coming from the whole berries. The invention also relates to a berry composition, to oral compositions comprising such as berry composition and to the use of such compositions.
A process for preparing a berry composition comprising the steps consisting of:
A berry composition which comprises lipophilic and hydrophilic, bioactive and/or nutritional compounds of a whole berry, which comprises the soluble and insoluble fibers of a whole berry, which has a D(90) particle size of less than 200 μm and which has at least 1.5 wt. % of soluble and insoluble fibers.
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