Processed cranberry product and process for preparing the same
AssigneeKato Bihoen-Honpo Co., Ltd.
InventorReijiro Kato
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Abstract
According to the present invention, there is provided a novel processed cranberry product which maintains the spherical form of the cranberry, and a process suitable for producing such a novel processed food. The processed cranberry product according to the present invention comprises the spherical skin of the cranberry filled with a softened and sweetened sarcocarp, and can be advantageously produced in a process in which a plurality of holes are provided through the skin of frozen cranberries by puncturing treatment, then the cranberries are immersed in a sugar solution having a sugar content of 45 to 65 degrees and heated until the sarcocarp is softened.
Claims5
A process for preparing a processed cranberry product having a spherically shaped skin, comprising the steps of:
- (i) puncturing a spherically shaped skin of a frozen cranberry so as to provide a punctured cranberry having a plurality of holes through the skin thereof and into the sarcocarp therewithin;
- and thereafter
- (ii) while maintaining the spherically shaped skin of the frozen cranberry, immersing the punctured cranberry obtained according to step (i) in a sugar solution having a sugar content of 45 to 65 Brix degrees and gradually heating the sugar solution in which the punctured cranberries are immersed to 65 ° C. within at least 10 minutes until the sarcocarp is softened and sweetened so as to obtain a processed cranberry having spherically shaped skin which contains the softened and sweetened sarcocarp.
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