Reduced-sugar fruit juice and fruit must

A process of producing a reduced-sugar fruit juice product comprising:

• providing an initial juice including an extract from an orange or a grape, wherein the initial juice includes:
• sugars endogenous to orange or the grape,
• vitamins endogenous to the orange or the grape,
• mineral ionic compounds, including potassium and magnesium, endogenous to the orange or the grape,
• acid endogenous to the orange or the grape, and
• at least one of peel, pith, pulp, skins, seeds, stems, leaves, orange pieces, or grape pieces endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• passing the initial juice through at least one large particle separator to obtain a large particle cake/retentate and a large particle filtrate, wherein the large particle cake/retentate includes large particles with a first average size;
• wherein the large particle filtrate includes:
• the sugars endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• the vitamins endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• the mineral ionic compounds endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• the acid endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• passing the large particle filtrate through at least one medium particle separator to obtain a medium particle cake/retentate and a medium particle filtrate, wherein the medium particle cake/retentate includes medium particles with a second average size that is smaller than the first average size of the large particles, wherein the medium particle filtrate includes:
• the sugars endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• the vitamins endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• the mineral ionic compounds endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• and the acid endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• passing the medium particle filtrate through at least one small particle separator to obtain a small particle retentate and a small particle filtrate, wherein the at least one small particle separator is configured to allow the sugars endogenous to the orange or the grape to pass through the at least one small particle separator, wherein the small particle retentate includes small particles with a third average size that is smaller than the second average size of the medium particles;
• wherein the small particle filtrate includes:
• the sugars endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• the vitamins endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• and the mineral ionic compounds endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• passing the small particle filtrate through a chromatography column configured to produce two major streams including a mixed sugar stream, the mixed sugar stream including at least the sugars endogenous to the orange or the grape, and a reduced-sugar filtrate including:
• the vitamins endogenous to the orange or the grape;
• and the mineral ionic compounds including the potassium and the magnesium endogenous to the orange or the grape via ligand chromatography to obtain the mixed sugar stream and the reduced-sugar filtrate;
• and
• producing a reduced-sugar orange product or a reduced-sugar grape product including at least a portion of the reduced-sugar filtrate,
• wherein the reduced-sugar orange product has at least one of a (native potassium mg per 8 oz):
• (Brix) ratio greater than 37.62 or a (native potassium mg per 8 oz):
• (kg sugar solids/liter) ratio greater than 2.106;
• and
• wherein the reduced-sugar grape product has at least one of a (native potassium mg per 8 oz):
• (Brix) ratio greater than 8.60 or a (native potassium mg per 8 oz):
• (kg sugar solids/liter) ratio greater than 823.

A process of producing a reduced-sugar grape juice product comprising:

• providing an initial juice consisting essentially of an extract from a grape, wherein the initial juice includes:
• sugars extracted from the grape,
• vitamins extracted from the grape,
• mineral ionic compounds, including potassium and magnesium, extracted from the grape,
• acid extracted from the grape, and
• passing the initial juice through at least one small particle separator to obtain a small particle retentate and a small particle filtrate, wherein the at least one small particle separator is configured to allow the sugars extracted from the grape to pass through the at least one small particle separator, wherein the small particle filtrate includes:
• the sugars extracted from the grape;
• the vitamins extracted from the grape;
• and the mineral ionic compounds extracted from the grape;
• passing the small particle filtrate through a chromatography column configured to produce two major streams including a mixed sugar stream, the mixed sugar stream including at least the sugars, and a reduced-sugar filtrate, including:
• the vitamins extracted from the grape;
• and the mineral ionic compounds including the potassium and the magnesium extracted from the grape via ligand chromatography to obtain the mixed sugar stream and the reduced-sugar filtrate;
• and
• producing a reduced-sugar grape product by combining at least a portion of the small particle retentate and the reduced-sugar filtrate;
• wherein the reduced-sugar grape product has at least one of a (native potassium mg per 8 oz):
• (Brix) ratio greater than 8.60 or a (native potassium mg per 8 oz):
• (kg sugar solids/liter) ratio greater than 823.