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US 6,143,347 AGranted
Early season not from concentrate orange juice and process of making
AssigneeTropicana Products, Inc.
InventorsJames H. Keithly, Harold Pollack, Thomas Taggart
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Abstract
Not from concentrate orange juice is provided which includes as a freshly squeezed orange juice component juice extracted from an early season round orange cultivar which has a color intensity in excess of that provided by Hamlin cultivars which are harvested at the same time as the early season cultivar, which is not a Hamlin cultivar. The juice extracted from such early season cultivar has sensory attributes which are at least as acceptable as Hamlin fresh juice. Preferred early season cultivars are within the Seleta family or are Westin cultivars or are Ruby Nucellar cultivars.
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A method of preparing early season not from concentrate orange juice, comprising the steps of:
- harvesting a very early season orange cultivar selected from the group consisting of a cultivar within the Seleta family of cultivars, a Westin cultivar, a Ruby Nucellar cultivar, or a combination of these very early season cultivars, said harvesting being very early in the harvesting season for orange fruit, namely no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit in the growing territory;
- extracting juice from a volume of said very early season oranges of said harvesting step;
- collecting the resulting extracted orange juice as an early season orange juice having a Color Number of at least 33 CN units, said Color Number being greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at the time of said harvesting step;
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- blending said extracted early season orange juice with another orange juice source in order to provide a not from concentrate orange juice product having a Color Number in excess of 33 CN units, while also exhibiting sensory qualities substantially equivalent to the sensory qualities of Hamlin orange juice.
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A method of preparing not from concentrate orange juice from oranges, comprising the steps of:
- harvesting an orange cultivar fruit selected from the group consisting of Westin cultivars, Ruby Nucellar cultivars, Itaborai cultivars, Vermelha cultivars, and combinations thereof, said harvesting being very early in the harvesting season for orange fruit, namely no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit in the growing territory;
- extracting juice from a volume of said orange cultivar fruit;
- collecting the resulting extracted orange juice as an early season orange juice source having a Color Number of at least 33 CN units, said Color Number being greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at the time of said harvesting step;
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- combining the extracted early season orange juice from said extracting step with another juice in order to provide a not from concentrate orange juice product.
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A not from concentrate orange juice prepared in accordance with a process comprising the steps of:
- harvesting a very early season orange cultivar selected from the group consisting of a cultivar within the Seleta family of cultivars, a Westin cultivar, a Ruby Nucellar cultivar, or a combination of these very early season cultivars, said harvesting being very early in the harvesting season from orange fruit, namely no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit in the growing territory;
- extracting juice from a volume of said very early season oranges of said harvesting step;
- collecting the resulting extracted orange juice as an early season orange juice having a Color Number of at least 33 CN units, said Color Number being greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at the time of said harvesting step;
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- blending said extracted early season orange juice with another orange juice source in order to provide a not from concentrate orange juice product having a Color Number in excess of 33 CN units, while also exhibiting sensory qualities substantially equivalent to the sensory qualities of Hamlin orange juice.
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A not from concentrate orange juice prepared in accordance with a process comprising the steps of:
- harvesting an orange cultivar fruit selected from the group consisting of Westin cultivars, Ruby Nucellar cultivars, Itaborai;
- Vermelha cultivars, and combinations thereof, said harvesting being very early in the harvesting season for orange fruit, namely no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit in the growing territory;
- extracting juice from a volume of said orange cultivar fruit;
- collecting the resulting extracted orange juice as an early season orange juice source having a Color Number of at least 33 CN units, said Color Number being greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at the time of said harvesting step;
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- combining the extracted early season orange juice from said extracting step with another juice in order to provide a not from concentrate orange juice product.
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A not from concentrate orange juice composition comprising a blend of:
- at least about 1 percent by weight of a stored orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- up to about 99 weight percent of a very early season fresh orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- said very early season fresh orange juice is extracted from said early season round orange cultivars selected from the group consisting of a cultivar within the Seleta family of cultivars, a Westin cultivar, a Ruby Nucellar cultivar, or a combination of these early season cultivars, said early season cultivars having been harvested at a time no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit;
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- said orange juice composition has a Color Number of at least about 1 CN greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at said time the early season cultivars had been harvested, while also exhibiting sensory qualities at least as beneficial as the sensory qualities of Hamlin orange juice.
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A not from concentrate orange juice composition comprising a blend of:
- at least about 1 percent by weight of a stored orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- up to about 99 weight percent of a very early season fresh orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- said very early season fresh orange juice is extracted from said early season round orange cultivars selected from the group consisting of a Westin cultivar, a Ruby Nucellar cultivar, a Seleta Itaborai cultivar, a Seleta Vermelha cultivar, or a combination of these early season cultivars, said early season cultivars having been harvested at a time no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit;
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- said orange juice composition has a Color Number of at least about 1 CN greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at said time the early season cultivars had been harvested, while also exhibiting sensory qualities at least as beneficial as the sensory qualities of Hamlin orange juice.
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A not from concentrate orange juice composition comprising a blend of:
- at least about 1 percent by weight of a stored orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- up to about 99 weight percent of a very early season fresh orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- said very early season fresh orange juice is extracted from said early season round orange cultivars selected from the group consisting of a Seleta Itaborai cultivar, a Seleta Vermelha cultivar, or a combination of these early season cultivars, said early season cultivars having been harvested at a time no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit;
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- said orange juice composition has a Color Number of at least about 1 CN greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at said time the early season cultivars had been harvested, while also exhibiting sensory qualities at least as beneficial as the sensory qualities of Hamlin orange juice.
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A not from concentrate orange juice composition comprising a blend of:
- at least about 1 percent by weight of a stored orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- up to about 99 weight percent of a very early season fresh orange juice, based upon the total weight of the composition;
- said very early season fresh orange juice is extracted from said early season round orange cultivars selected from the group consisting of a cultivar within the Seleta family of cultivars, or a combination of these early season cultivars, said early season cultivars having been harvested at a time no later than the harvesting season of Hamlin orange fruit;
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- said orange juice composition has a Color Number of at least about 1 CN greater than Hamlin orange juice harvested at said time the early season cultivars had been harvested, while also exhibiting sensory qualities at least as beneficial as the sensory qualities of Hamlin orange juice.
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