Process for producing dehydrated vegetables
US6004590A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 1996 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA23B7/06
- WIPO fieldFood chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing dehydrated vegetables including preparing the vegetables, holding the prepared vegetables for a time and at a temperature to activate pectinmethylesterase (PME), blanching and drying. The drying includes exposure to microwave radiation at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. The invention also provides dehydrated vegetable matter obtainable by the process, a dried food product reconstitutable with aqueous liquids which includes the vegetable matter, and the product when so reconstituted.
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