Patent ID: 9668494
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A23B,A23L,A23V

Claim:
1. A preserved and flavor augmented cut fresh produce product comprising (1) a piece of cut fresh produce (i), (2) a preservative (ii) comprising calcium ascorbate, calcium erythrobate or a mixture thereof, the concentration of citric acid in the preservative, if any, being not greater than 10 wt. % on a dry weight basis, this preservative being present in an amount sufficient to preserve at least one of the texture, firmness, flavor, appearance, crispness and color of the piece of cut fresh produce, and (3) one or more flavor augmenting chemicals (iii) impregnated into the piece of cut fresh produce, this one or more flavor augmenting chemicals being present in an amount which is sufficient to compensate for a loss of flavor notes the cut fresh produce product will experience during storage but not so much as to introduce foreign flavor notes into the cut fresh cut produce product.