Patent ID: 6068869
Filing Date: 2000-05-30
Classification: C13B

Abstract:
A method of producing a stabilised cane juice product, which includes the steps of:providing cleaned sugar cane sticks;extracting sugar cane juice from said sugar cane sticks;adding to the extracted sugar cane juice, a solution comprising ascorbic acid for preventing the discoloration of the cane juice, and a member selected from the group consisting of citric acid, malic acid, tartaric acid, phosphoric acid, and a mixture thereof, for lowering the pH of the cane juice, and a member selected from the group consisting of a sodium citrate solution, a potassium citrate solution, a sodium phosphate di-basic solution, and a mixture thereof, for stabilising the sugar cane juice;coagulating and flocculating the sugar cane juice to remove unwanted foulants and aromas;filtering the sugar cane juice; andstoring the filtered sugar cane juice.