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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Chiquita Brands L.l.c., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventor:
Jiwon Jeong, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Assignee:
CHIQUITA BRANDS, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 4/16 (2006.01); A23B 7/152 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A23B 7/152 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems for accelerating the ripening of bananas to a color stage of 3.0 to 3.5. Also provided herein are bananas ripened according to the methods of the present invention.