Patent ID: 8563073

Claim:
A method for making a fruit or vegetable extract having polyphenols from a fruit or vegetable pomace wherein the fruit or vegetable extract is chosen from the group consisting of: a cranberry extract, a blueberry extract, a grape extract, a blackberry extract, a black currant extract, a tomato extract, a carrot extract, and a beet extract having a phenolics content of at least 3960 mg/100 g of extract comprising the steps of: providing a phenolic containing fruit or vegetable pomace chosen from the group consisting of: a cranberry pomace, a blueberry pomace, a grape pomace, a blackberry pomace, a black currant pomace, a tomato pomace, a carrot pomace, and a beet pomace; diffusing the pomace in water to form a hydrated pomace; heating the hydrated pomace to a temperature of from about 100° F. to about 130° F. before the hydrated pomace is screened; screening the hydrated pomace using a flat drag screen by moving the hydrated pomace across the flat drag screen using brushes whereby a free-run juice and a screened pomace are separated from the hydrated pomace; pressing the screened pomace using a press whereby a pressed juice and a primary pressed pomace are separated from the screened pomace; wherein the temperature of the hydrated pomace does not drop more than five degrees as the hydrated pomace is screened to form the screened pomace and pressed to form the primary pressed pomace; combining the free-run juice and the pressed juice into a combined pressed juice; spinning the combined pressed juice whereby a clarified juice and a sediment are separated from the combined pressed juice; filtering the clarified juice to form a filtered juice; and concentrating the filtered juice to form the extract chosen from the group consisting of: a cranberry extract, a blueberry extract, a grape extract, a blackberry extract, a black currant extract, a tomato extract, a carrot extract, and a beet extract.