Patent ID: 8597714

Claim:
A process for preparing a dessert fruit comprising the steps of: adding water, a polyol selected from the group consisting of sorbitol, erythritol, glycerin and combinations thereof, pectin, a food acid, and an artificial sweetener selected from the group consisting of sucralose, saccharin, aspartame and acesulfame to a container, in amounts such that the infusion mixture comprises from about 10% to about 57% by weight polyol, from about 0.5% to about 2% by weight pectin, from about 0.05% to about 0.5% by weight food acid, from about 40% to about 75% water, and from about 0.01% to about 0.20% artificial sweetener by weight of the fruit to be infused; mixing the water, the polyol, the pectin, the food acid, and the artificial sweetener to form an infusion mixture wherein the polyol is the primary infusing agent; adding a fruit into the infusion mixture; heating the infusion mixture with the fruit in the infusion mixture; cooling the heated infusion mixture with the fruit in the infusion mixture; and separating the infused fruit from the infusion mixture.