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Intermediate mositure frozen foods

US4390550A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1980
Grant dateJun 28, 1983
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A40/90
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Infusing fruit with sugar solutes which reduce the water activity by creating sites for removing part of the water content and bathing said fruit in sugar bath to infuse sugar therein, the bath being a fructose-containing corn syrup of about 70 to 80% sugar solids with 40-90% being resulting in fruit having a water activity of 0.45 to 0.65. The fruit is added to cereal.

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