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Claus Rolin

Mette Enøe Hansen

Masatoshi Nakano

Yukiko Kobayashi

Soko Ushiyama

Hiroyuki Mamiya

Daichi Nihei

Søren Vodstrup Jensen

Susanne Oxenbøll Sørensen

Susanne Oxenbøll SØRENSEN

The present invention relates to citrus pectin characterized by a low degree of methyl esterification yet a high intrinsic viscosity, a process for producing pectin using citrus peel and use of an enzyme endogenous to citrus peel to produce pectin.

Pectin characterised by a low degree of methyl esterification and a high intrinsic viscosity

Pectin characterized by a low degree of methyl esterification and a high intrinsic viscosity

An object is to provide an acid milk beverage, which shows no precipitation or aggregation and reduced whey separation, and which has a refreshing texture, even in cases where the acid milk beverage has a low solids-not-fat concentration. An acid milk beverage characterized by containing an acid milk beverage base and a pectin having an intrinsic viscosity of 5.9 to 8.5, a degree of esterification of 74 to 80, and a calcium reactivity of 230 or less is provided.

Pectin-containing acidic milk beverage and production method thereof

Embodiments of the processes provided herein allow for extraction of high quality pectins from pectin-containing plant materials using oxalic acid for extraction of the pectin containing material. Generally described, the process for extracting pectin having a high degree of polymerization includes preparing an aqueous suspension of a pectin-containing plant material; adding oxalic acid and/or a water-soluble oxalate to the aqueous suspension in an amount sufficient to provide a mixture having a pH of between 3.0 and 3.6 and a total molarity of oxalate greater than a total molarity of calcium(II); heating the mixture to a temperature from about 50 to about 80&#xb0; C. for a time sufficient to extract pectin from the pectin-containing plant material; and separating the extracted pectin from the mixture. The extracted pectin desirably is characterized as having a degree of esterification (DE) of at least 72 and a high degree of polymerization, the degree of polymerization being characterized by an intrinsic viscosity of greater than about 6.5 dL/g.

Process for extraction of pectin

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