Abstract: A tomato sweet infusion process involves heating sliced tomato sections in a bath of high fructose corn syrup, water, citric acid and ascorbic acid. The tomato sections in the bath are subjected to cycles of negative pressure and atmospheric pressure and then spread on a drying tray. The tomato sections are dehydrated to a moisture content of between twelve and twenty percent, preferably between fourteen percent and eighteen percent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 9, 2009
Publication date:
August 12, 2010
Applicant:
VSP PRODUCTS, INC.
Inventors:
Cesar Corona, Tim McGill, Robert Benech
Abstract: In a process for manufacturing sun-dried tomatoes, sliced tomatoes are soaked in a batch formulation of vinegar at a ratio of four pounds of tomatoes to one gallon of vinegar. The vinegar-soaked tomato sections are dehydrated at 130° F. for sixteen hours. The dehydrated tomato sections are then placed in a sunlight environment and the moisture content is reduced to a range of fourteen percent to twenty-two percent.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 9, 2009
Publication date:
August 12, 2010
Applicant:
VSP PRODUCTS, INC.
Inventors:
Cesar Corona, Tim McGill, Robert Benech