Dried fruit products fortified with calcium and method of prepar

Details Dried fruit products fortified with calcium and method of prepar Dried fruit products fortified with calcium and method of prepar

1997-06-03

1998-11-24

Pratt, Helen

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Product with added plural inorganic mineral or element...

426106, 426132, 426420, 426514, 426523, 426599, 426615, 426616, 426639, 426658, A23L 106, A23L 1304

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058403540

ABSTRACT:
Disclosed are improved, intermediate moisture sweetened fruit compositions fortified with calcium supplied by calcium phosphate. The fruit compositions comprise: A) about 5 to 65% by weight of fruit solids; B) about 0.1 to 85% of carbohydrates; C) about 180 to 1500 mg/oz total calcium; and D) about 9 to 20% moisture. Also disclosed are methods for the preparation of such fruit products involving forming a concentrated slurry of calcium phosphate having a particle size such that at least 90% are less than 150 .mu.m, forming a wet blend of fruit ingredients, drying the wet blend to 9 to 20% moisture and admixing the dried fruit composition while warm with the slurry to form a dried sweetened calcium composition and forming into desired shaped and sized pieces.

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