Process for the production of a low-sugar, alcohol-free beverage
AssigneeBucher-Guyer AG Maschinenfabrik
InventorWalter Gresch, deceased
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Abstract
A process for the production of a low-sugar, alcohol-free beverage comprises a desugarization process, which is upstream to a preliminary separation. Through the preliminary separation, the raw juice is divided into two streams (A,B), of which the first stream, relative to the raw juice, has a lower acid/sugar ratio and a higher sugar content and the second stream has an elevated acid/sugar ratio and a lower sugar content. The first stream is directly fed to the desugarization process, while the second stream is fed to the low-sugar juice after the desugarization process. The second stream contains a high portion of acid and other, low-molecular components and thus when mixed with the first stream, increases the total content and the quality of the end product.
Claims12
A process for the production of a low-sugar, alcohol-free fruit juice beverage from raw juices of fruits, grapes, berries and other fruits comprising the steps of subjecting an initial product consisting of a raw juice to a preliminary separation to divide the raw juice into a first stream having a lower acid/sugar ratio and a higher sugar content relative to the raw juice and a second stream having a higher acid/sugar ratio and a lower sugar content relative to the raw juice, subjecting the first stream to a desugarization process, and introducing the second stream with its high quantitative ratio of acids to sugar into the first stream after the desugarization thereof to increase the content of acid therein whereby the quality of the first stream is increased.
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