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US 5,738,887 AGranted
Process of preparing fruit/vegetable juice and protein emulsion with multi-enzyme system
OwnerWencai Wuinventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to a process for preparing juice or protein emulsion from vegetable and/or its fruit by using a multi-enzyme system to hydrolyze the material. The multi-enzyme system comprises proteases, amylases, pectases, cellulases, hemicellulases and lysozyme, and may further comprise a supplementary enzyme. According to the invention, an ultrasonication may also be employed during the sterilization.
Claims7
A process for preparing a juice or a protein emulsion from a dried vegetable, a dried fruit or a mixture thereof, the process comprising:
- forming a mash from a raw material of the dried vegetable, the dried fruit or the mixture thereof,
- grinding the mash finely, so that the average size of suspended particles therein is less than 50 microns,
- hydrolyzing the ground mash at a temperature of 20.degree. C. to about 70.degree. C. for about 5 minutes to about 72 hours, with a multi-enzyme system that contains in combination 5-50 wt % proteases, 5-75 wt % amylases, 5-50 wt % pectases, 5-75 wt % cellulases, 5-35 wt % hemicellulases and 1-20 wt % lysozymes,
- filtering the hydrolyzed ground mash to remove residues, and
- sterilizing the filtrate.
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