Food or edible material: processes – compositions – and products – Products per se – or processes of preparing or treating... – Plant material is basic ingredient other than extract,...
Patent
1995-10-12
1997-04-01
Cano, Milton
Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
Products per se, or processes of preparing or treating...
Plant material is basic ingredient other than extract,...
426262, 426267, 426268, 426270, 426310, 426335, 426541, 426546, 426396, 426465, 426482, 426484, 426518, 426524, A23B 700
Patent
active
056163606
ABSTRACT:
A method for processing melons provides greatly enhanced shelf life and maintains excellent quality of melon products so that they are suitable for human consumption. The harvested fresh melons are cooled to a temperature of approximately 36.degree. F. before they are graded and selected for further processing. The melons are then cut along their apexes to form melon halves. The seeds and soft tissue are removed from the melon halves, which are then cut to form melon segments. The finds are removed from the melon segments, which are then washed in a chilled chlorinated bath. The melon segments are then inspected and graded. Those melon segments that pass the inspection and grading process are then cut to form melon cubes that are washed in a chilled chlorinated water bath. The melon cubes are drained to remove chlorinated water, and the melon cubes are washed in a chilled citric acid and tribasic calcium phosphate bath. The melon cubes are drained to remove surface moisture and then dried using dehumidified air to remove additional surface moisture. A selected weight of the melon cubes is placed into each one of a plurality of gas-impermeable containers that are subsequently sealed with a breathable film.
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