Patent ID: 9549566
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: A23B,A23L,A23V

Claim:
1. A method for processing cauliflower, the method comprising: pre-washing at least a portion of a cauliflower containing a stem portion and a crown portion, including removing unwanted dust, residual, and debris from the cauliflower; washing at least the portion of the pre-washed cauliflower with a wash solution containing at least one of sodium hypochlorite, calcium hypochlorite, organic acids, chlorine dioxide, silver ion, water treated with ozone, water treated with pulsed electric field, and water treated with ultraviolet radiation; sizing at least the portion of the cauliflower, including at least one of the steps of grinding, sanding, crushing, cutting, scoring and breaking, and hydraulically fracturing and instantaneously vacuum drying the stem portion of the cauliflower and the crown portion of the cauliflower, wherein the sizing is performed on both the stem portion of the cauliflower and the crown portion of the cauliflower; and packaging the cauliflower comprising the stem portion and the crown portion of the cauliflower together in a container wherein the sizing treats the cauliflower stem so that the stem mimics the visual and tactile effects of the crown portion prior to processing, and the stem and the crown portions in the container are indistinguishable in visual appearance.