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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2006
Nirmal K. Sinha, Frankfort, MI (US);
Meena Sinha, Frankfort, MI (US);
Michael N. Bauman, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Chris Willoughby, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Nirmal K. Sinha, Frankfort, MI (US);
Meena Sinha, Frankfort, MI (US);
Michael N. Bauman, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Chris Willoughby, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI (US);
Graceland Fruit, Inc., Frankfort, MI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a scarified, whole, dried, infused, buoyant cranberry. Further a process for preparing the cranberry is disclosed. The process includes sizing individually quick frozen cranberries by collecting those that pass through a mesh screen with 16 millimeter openings and that are retained on a mesh screen with openings of 9 millimeters. The sized cranberries are then scarified and infused in an infusion solution having a Brix of from 40 to 80 at a temperature of from 29 to 44° C.±5° C. until the cranberries have a Brix of at least about 40. The cranberries are removed from the infusion solution and dried at a temperature of from 73 to 85° C. until they have a water activity level of from 0.25 to 0.6 and a buoyancy of at least 30%.