Two-stage process for heating skins of fruit

Details Two-stage process for heating skins of fruit Two-stage process for heating skins of fruit

1998-08-31

2000-05-02

Yeung, George C.

Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products

Processes

Treatment with aqueous material, e.g., hydration, etc.

426482, 426511, A23N 700

Patent

active

060569875

ABSTRACT:
A two-stage steam peeler for peeling the skins of fruit, such as tomatoes, from the body of the fruit, comprising an infeed conveyor (10), a feed valve (12), a pressurized steam chamber (14), an outlet vacuum valve (16), a flexible cable peeler (20), and a pinch roller assembly (22). A first stage heater is provided by an enclosure (90) and steam introduction device (100) that preheats the tomatoes prior to entry into feed valve (12).

REFERENCES:
patent: 4101682 (1978-07-01), Kunz
patent: 4707372 (1987-11-01), Catelli
patent: 5682812 (1997-11-01), Dahl et al.
"SP-20 Steam Peeler System", FMC Corporation brochure (1993).
Floros, et al., "Microstructural Changes During Steam Peeling of Fruits and Vegetables", Journal of Food Science, vol. 53(3), pp. 849-853 (1988).

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