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US RE34,237 EGranted
Banana processing
AssigneeChiquita Brands, Inc.
InventorPedro Sole
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Abstract
A process for obtaining banana juice, banana essences and/or de-flavored banana juice from whole, ripe bananas is disclosed.
Claims15
A process for obtaining banana juice from a banana, said process comprising
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chloroenchyma, and a peel parenchyma;
- placing a quantity of said bananas into a mechanical peeling device;
- within said mechanical peeling device, separating banana pulp and peel parenchyma from the other epidermis and the chlorenchyma of banana peels;
- digesting said pulp and peel parenchyma with an enzyme to cause said pulp and peel parenchyma to evolve into a solid portion and a liquid portion, said liquid portion comprising said banana juice;
- separating said liquid portion from said solid portion;
- and
- removing by vacuum deaeration and evaporation from said liquid portion volatile components comprising a banana essence and water, thereby concentrating said liquid portion, said concentrated liquid portion comprising concentrated, de-flavored banana juice.
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A process for obtaining banana juice from a banana, said method comprising
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chlorenchyma, and a parenchyma;
- placing a quantity of said bananas into a mechanical peeling device;
- within said device, separating banana pulp from the outer epidermis and the chlorenchyma of banana peels;
- digesting said pulp with an enzyme to cause said pulp to evolve into a solid portion and a liquid portion, said liquid portion comprising said banana juice, and, during said digestion with said enzyme, removing by suction and condensation from said pulp volatile components comprising a banana essence;
- and
- separating said liquid portion from said solid portion.
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A process for obtaining banana juice from a banana, said method comprising
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chlorenchyma, and a parenchyma;
- placing a quantity of said bananas into a mechanical peeling device;
- within said device, separating banana pulp from the outer epidermis and the chlorenchyma of banana peels;
- homogenizing said pulp prior to digestion and, during said homogenizing, removing by vacuum deaeration and condensation from said pulp volatile components comprising a banana essence;
- digesting said pulp with an enzyme to cause said pulp to evolve into a solid portion and a liquid portion, said liquid portion comprising said banana juice;
- and
- separating said liquid portion from said solid portion.
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A process for obtaining a banana essence from a banana, said method comprising
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chlorenchyma, and a parenchyma;
- separating banana pulp from the outer epidermis and chlorenchyma of banana peels;
- homogenizing said separated outer epidermis and chlorenchyma;
- and
- recovering by vacuum deaeration and condensation from said homogenized outer epidermis and chlorenchyma volatile components comprising said banana essence.
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A process for obtaining a banana essence from a banana, said method comprising
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chlorenchyma, and a parenchyma;
- separating banana pulp from the outer epidermis and the chlorenchyma of banana peels;
- digesting said pulp with an enzyme to cause said pulp to evolve into a liquid portion and a solid portion;
- and
- during said digestion, recovering by suction and condensation from said pulp volatile components comprising said banana essence from said pulp.
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A process for obtaining a banana essence from a banana, said method comprising
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chlorenchyma, and a parenchyma;
- placing a quantity of said bananas into a mechanical peeling device;
- within said device, separating banana pulp and said parenchyma from the outer epidermis and the chlorenchyma of banana peels;
- homogenizing said pulp and said parenchyma;
- and
- during said homogenizing, recovering, by vacuum deaeration and condensation, from said pulp and said parenchyma, volatile components comprising a banana essence.
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A process for obtaining banana essences and de-flavored banana juice from a banana, said method comprising
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chlorenchyma, and a parenchyma;
- placing a quantity of said bananas into a mechanical peeling device;
- within said device, separating banana pulp and the parenchyma of banana peels from the chlorenchyma and the outer epidermis of banana peels;
- homogenizing said pulp and said parenchyma;
- during said homogenizing, recovering, by vacuum deaeration and condensation, from said pulp and said parenchyma, volatile components comprising a first banana essence;
- digesting said pulp and said parenchyma with an enzyme to cause said pulp and said parenchyma to evolve into a solid portion and a liquid portion, said liquid portion comprising banana juice;
- during said digestion, recovering, by suction and condensation, from said pulp and said parenchyma, volatile components comprising a second banana essence;
- separating said solid portion from said liquid portion;
- and
- removing, by vacuum evaporation, from said liquid portion, volatile components comprising a third banana essence, thereby concentrating said liquid portion, said concentrated liquid portion comprising said de-flavored banana juice.
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A process for obtaining banana pulp from a banana, said process comprising:
- providing whole, ripe bananas, each said banana comprising a peel about a pulp, said peel comprising an outer epidermis, a chlorenchyma, and a peel parenchyma;
- placing a quantity of said bananas into a mechanical peeling device;
- within said mechanical peeling device, separating banana pulp and peel parenchyma from the outer epidermis and the chlorenchyma of banana peels;
- and
- recovering said banana pulp and peel parenchyma.
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