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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Wilding, Wellingborough, GB;
Elizabeth Mary Woolner, Bedford, GB;
Assignee:
Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23L / ; A01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
426 15 ; 426 50 ; 426 51 ; 426 52 ; 426 61 ; 426599 ;
Abstract
A process for providing a tomato-based product comprising the following steps: a) applying ultra high pressure to a tomato piece, such that polygalacturonase is inactivated and pectinmethylesterase and preferably peroxidase are not inactivated; b) incubating the tomato piece with endogenous pectinmethylesterase to achieve a desired consistency and preferably with peroxidase to achieve a fresh aroma and/or flavour profile; and c) inactivating the pectinmethylesterase and any peroxidase.