Patent ID: 6387438
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A23B,A23L

Abstract:
A process for preparing a processed cranberry product having a spherically shaped skin, comprising the steps of:(i) puncturing a spherically shaped skin of a frozen cranberry so as to provide a punctured cranberry having a plurality of holes through the skin thereof and into the sarcocarp therewithin; and thereafter (ii) while maintaining the spherically shaped skin of the frozen cranberry, immersing the punctured cranberry obtained according to step (i) in a sugar solution having a sugar content of 45 to 65 Brix degrees and gradually heating the sugar solution in which the punctured cranberries are immersed to 65 Â° C. within at least 10 minutes until the sarcocarp is softened and sweetened so as to obtain a processed cranberry having spherically shaped skin which contains the softened and sweetened sarcocarp.