Patent ID: 6365212
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A23L

Abstract:
A method for the enhancement of orange juice, comprising:selecting a supply of citrus fruit; shaving natural flavedo from the supply of citrus fruit to provide a quantity of natural flavedo shavings; washing the quantity of natural flavedo shavings with a wash composition having a principal washing component which is a C-1 to C-4 alcohol or a blend of such alcohols; separating, after said washing, said natural flavedo shavings from said wash composition to thereby provide washed shavings; drying said washed shavings to a selected moisture content and reducing the washed shavings to a particle size of not greater than about 150 microns to thereby provide a washed juice enhancement powder; and combining said washed juice enhancement powder with a supply of orange juice in order to thereby provide an orange juice which is enhanced in at least its orange color intensity.