Patent ID: 8999416
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: A23B,A23L

Abstract:
1. A method for dyeing and stabilizing a strawberry, comprising steps of: a. immersing a strawberry in an alkaline solution and removing a cuticle layer of the strawberry, to produce a decuticled strawberry; b. immersing the decuticled strawberry in an alkalinizing, stabilizing, and dyeing solution comprising low ester pectin, carmine, norbixin, and ammonium hydroxide, to produce a stabilized and dyed decuticled strawberry; c. fixing the stabilized and dyed decuticled strawberry in an acid solution comprising ascorbic acid and calcium lactate, to produce a fixed, stabilized, and dyed strawberry; d. rinsing the fixed, stabilized, and dyed strawberry with clear water, to produce a rinsed, fixed, stabilized, and dyed strawberry; and e. pasteurizing the rinsed, fixed, stabilized, and dyed strawberry in a syrup.