Method for producing dried citrus pulp
AssigneeGeneral Foods Corporation
InventorsWilliam A. Eisenhardt, Jr., Fouad Z. Saleeb, Randal P. McKay, Bary L. Zeller
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Abstract
Fresh citrus pulp is water washed and/or combined with an inorganic basic material such as calcium oxide in order to raise the pH of the pulp material to about 4.0 or above. The pH-adjusted pulp is then frozen and freeze-dried resulting in a dry pulp material which has good wetting and dispersion characteristics and a natural appearance in aqueous medium.
Claims8
A method for preparing a dry citrus pulp material comprising the step of raising the pH of the wet pulp material to a pH of at least 4.0, said pH being increased by the addition of a water-soluble, edible, inorganic basic material and thereafter freeze drying the pH-adjusted pulp and comminuting the freeze dried pulp.
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