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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2017
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US);
Soumya Roy, Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US);
Noman Khan, Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US);
Barbara Vazquez del Mercado, Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US);
Kellie Denson, Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US);
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., Lakeville-Middleboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A method for producing a fruit or vegetable product, wherein the method consists essentially of (a) infusing a whole or sliced fruit or vegetable with an infusible molecule to between 10 and 55° Brix; (b) pre-drying the whole or sliced fruit or vegetable at a temperature between 80° C. and 120° C. to produce a pre-dried fruit or vegetable; (c) exposing the pre-dried fruit or vegetable to freezing temperatures and to vacuum to a temperature between −1° C. and −40° C. and a pressure between 7.5 mmHg and 0.53 mmHg, thereby partially subliming the fruit or vegetable; (d) puffing the fruit or vegetable under vacuum between 0.1 mmHg and 600 mmHg at a temperature between 40° C. and 110° C.; (e) cooling the fruit or vegetable under vacuum to a temperature between 0° C. and 40° C., to thereby produce the fruit or vegetable product.