Abstract: A method of manufacturing a concentrate from juice that may be used to make a powder that can be reconstituted as a juice drink by addition of water to the powder or to make a taffy-like solid that may be consumed without being reconstituted and in which the juice is freeze or spray dried, includes the use of lubricants and/or dextran to improve the texture of the dried juice so that it may be packaged and stored for later consumption.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 18, 1991
Date of Patent:
March 16, 1993
Assignee:
F & MP Research & Development Laboratories, Inc.
Abstract: A method of manufacturing a powder that may be reconstituted as a fruit drink by addition of water to the powder includes the use of dextran as a drying agent for the fruit juice that is to be rendered to powder. The dextran should be of high purity and have a predetermined molecular weight in the range of 10,000 to 40,000,000. The amount of dextran dissolved in the fruit juice may range from about one-tenth to equal parts by weight of the total carbohydrate content of the fruit juice, and is inversely related to the predetermined molecular weight.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 1991
Date of Patent:
June 2, 1992
Assignee:
F&MP Research and Development Laboratories, Inc.