Method for producing low potassium juice with improved taste and product thereof
AssigneeMeiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd.
InventorsYuko Kinoshita, Toshio Kinoshita, Koji Katamune, Takushi Goto, Toshio Takizawa
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Abstract
A method for producing low potassium juice with improved taste. The process includes the steps of treating potassium-containing juice with a cation exchange resin to remove 90% or more of the potassium content in the juice and adding a calcium compound which is calcium carbonate in the form of solid. The juice produced has improved taste and nutritional balance. It is also good for patients suffering from kidney failure.
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A method for producing low potassium juice with improved taste for patients suffering from kidney failure, consisting essentially of
- (a) treating a potassium-containing juice selected from the group consisting of a vegetable juice, a fruit juice and a mixture of a vegetable juice and a fruit juice with an H type cation exchange resin to remove 90% or more of the potassium content in the juice so that the resultant treated juice has a pH of 1.79 to 2.30, and
- (b) adding a calcium compound which is calcium carbonate in an amount of 0.5 to 20 g/L of juice, in the form of a solid, to provide a juice with a pH of 3.07 to 3.52.
A low potassium juice with improved taste and for patients suffering from kidney failure consisting essentially of (i) potassium in an amount of 10% or less relative to a raw material juice and (ii) a calcium compound which is calcium carbonate in an amount of 0.5 to 20 g/L of juice, the low potassium juice being produced by treating a potassium-containing juice selected from the group consisting of a vegetable juice, a fruit juice and a mixture of a vegetable juice and a fruit juice with an H type cation exchange resin to remove 90% or more of the potassium content in the juice so that the resultant treated juice has a pH of 1.79 to 2.30 and adding calcium carbonate in the form of a solid, to provide a juice with a pH of 3.07 to 3.52.
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