Compositions and methods of decorating firm-rinded fruit

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1988-12-20

1990-04-24

Czaja, Donald E.

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Surface coating of a solid food with a liquid

Of natural shell or rind

426303, 426304, A23L 127, A23P 108

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049199544

ABSTRACT:
A method of decorating the outside surface of a firm-rinded fruit of vines of the genus Cucurbita e.g. a pumpkin with a non-toxic, peelable film of predetermined design which comprises applying to the outer surface of said fruit at least one homogeneous film-forming composition containing a film-forming amount of a non-toxic polyvinyl alcohol polymer, a plasticizer, a volatile solvent ethanol and an amount of a colorant or a mixture of colorants sufficient to mask the color of said fruit, and allowing the solvent to evaporate thereby forming a non-toxic, peelable film of predetermined design on the surface of said fruit.

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M. G. deNavarre, "Face Masks", Chapter 25, (1975), vol. III, of The Chemistry and Manufacture of Cosmetics, pp. 421-444, 2nd Ed. Continental Press.

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