The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lewis W Benedict, Northeast, PA (US);
Donald A Fritz, Westfield, NY (US);
Assignee:
Welch Foods Inc., Concord, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A23L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4263305 ; 426521 ; 426547 ; 426599 ;
Abstract
A process for the preparation of a non-citric fruit juice, particularly white grape juice, in the absence of sulfites, including the steps of cold pressing, filtering the juice obtained from pressing, holding the juice in the absence of sulfites, heat treating the juice for a time and at a temperature sufficient to eliminate microbiological and enzymatic activity; and cooling the heat treated juice is described. The process can also include sparging with sufficient nitrogen to achieve < 5 ppm dissolved oxygen.