Process for removing bitter taste from a fruit or vegetable extract, and the debittered extract thus obtained
US4282264A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 23, 1980 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2000 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23L2/80
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to the treatment of fruit and vegetable extracts in order to reduce the amount of bitter substances contained therein. This process comprises bringing the extract into contact with a solid ligneous adsorbent of vegetable origin, derived for example from carob, and then collecting the debittered extract after having separated it from the adsorbent.
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