Patent ID: 8673381
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: A23B,A23L,A23P

Abstract:
1. A process of manufacturing a free flowing vegetable powder the process comprising: combining at least three different vegetables comprising onion, moderately colored vegetable and intensely colored vegetable to prepare an aqueous blend having a solids content of 10-40 wt. %; intimately mixing the aqueous blend of vegetables to produce a homogeneous mixture; and drying the homogeneous mixture to obtain the free flowing vegetable powder, wherein the vegetable content of the powder comprises: 5-60% by weight of onion; 20-90% by weight of one or more moderately colored vegetable selected from the group consisting of vegetables belonging to the genus 5-75% by weight of one or more intensely colored vegetable selected from the group consisting of tomato, red bell pepper, red beet, radicchio, swiss chard, rhubarb, peppers, yam, Adzuki beans, carrot, green pea, green bell pepper, asparagus, spinach, Brussels sprouts, kale, egg plant and combinations thereof, and wherein the vegetables together represent at least 60 wt. % of the total vegetable dry matter in the powder.