Patent ID: 7906165

Claim:
A method for making juice from the skin of acaí berries comprising the steps of: a. chilling the berries to below about 10° C.; b. preparing the berries for skin removal by rubbing and roughening the skin of the berries in an extractor with the addition of water resulting in a first mixture; c. acidifying the first mixture; d. removing the skin from the berries in the first mixture in a finishing step to obtain a second mixture comprising skins, skin fragments, juice and water with the central portion of the berry, fiber and sand removed from the second mixture; e. heating the second mixture to from about 40° C. to about 60° C.; f. de-aerating the second mixture; g. passing the second mixture through at least one of the group consisting of a high shear mixer, a colloid mill and a hammer mill to yield juice; and h. pasteurizing the juice.