Citrus fruit peeling method

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1996-08-26

1998-10-06

Tran, Lien

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Processes

Separating a starting material into plural different...

426478, 426479, 426481, 426506, A23N 700

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058173609

ABSTRACT:
A method of pretreating citrus fruit for facilitating peeling utilizes infusion with an aqueous solution for loosening the peel from the underlying segments. In a first embodiment an infusion of water having essentially neither enzyme nor any other additive therein is accomplished with the use of a pressure or a vacuum apparatus. Further embodiments include making a pair of opposed holes in the peel and forcing an aqueous solution that may or may not contain an enzyme or an additive at low pressure into one of the holes until it emerges from the other hole. In one embodiment water pressure from a faucet may be used; in another, a flexible injection nozzle is used as an interface between the solution source and the inlet hole. All embodiments serve to separate the peel from the segments by hydrating the albedo, making the fruit easier to peel.

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