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Preservation of vegetables and fruits

US5192565A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 9, 1991
Grant dateMar 9, 1993
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Expiry dateSep 9, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA23B7/155
  • WIPO fieldFood chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Vegetables and fruits are heat-treated to blanch them and then cooled. The heat-treated vegetables are fermented with a lactic bacteria in the presence of water to obtain a fermented food and water of fermentation having a pH of from 3.1 to 4.4. The water of fermentation is drained from the fermented food, which then is washed. The fermented food, at a pH of from 3.8 to 4.4, then is pasteurized.

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