Papaya juice product and process

Claim 2

The process of preparing a liquid extract of fresh papaya which comprises the following steps: a. extraction of meat from fresh papayas, separating out and discarding the seeds and skins thereof; b. placing the extracted papaya meat without added water in a blender having rotatable impeller cutter blades in a blender container; c. placing a cover on the blender container; d. homogenizing the papaya meat in the blender by rotating the impeller cutter blades for at least 10 minutes at a sufficiently high speed that considerable heat is added to the papaya meat as it is being homogenized so that the added heat raises the temperature of the homogenized papaya meat to a temperature of about 195° F; e. continuing to rotate the impeller cutter blades at high speed for at least three minutes with the cover on thus holding the temperature of the material being homogenized at a temperature of about 195° F or higher thus insuring thorough pasteurization during homogenizing; f. removing the cover from the blender container and continuing the high speed blending for at least five minutes with the cover removed; and g. stopping the high speed blending and removing the homogenized and pasteurized material from the blender and placing it in a container.

Claim 3

The process as claimed in claim 1 in which the papaya skin is included with the papaya meat when the papaya meat is placed in the blender.

Claim 4

The process of preparing a liquid extract of fresh papaya as claimed in claim 1 also comprising placing in the blender container, before homogenizing, previously extracted, frozen and thawed papaya meat.

Claim 5

The process of preparing a liquid extract of fresh papaya as claimed in claim 2 also comprising placing in the blender container, before homogenizing, previously extracted, frozen and thawed papaya meat.

Claim 6

The process of preparing an acqueous liquid extract of fresh papaya which comprises the following steps: a. extraction of meat from fresh papayas, separating out and discarding the seeds and skins thereof; b. placing the extracted fresh papaya meat and water in a blender having rotatable impeller cutter blades in a blender container; c. placing a cover on the blender container; d. homogenizing the papaya meat and water in the blender by rotating the impeller cutter blades for at least 10 minutes at a sufficiently high speed that considerable heat is added to the papaya meat as it is being homogenized so that the added heat reaises the temperature of the homogenized material to a temperature of about 195° F; e. continuing to rotate the impeller cutter blades at high speed for at least three minutes with the cover on thus holding the temperature of the material being homogenized at a temperature of about 195° F or higher thus insuring thorough pasteurization during homogenizing; f. removing the cover from the blender container and continuing the high speed blending for at least five minutes with the cover removed; and g. stopping the high speed blending and separating the extract from the foam formed at the top of the blended material, placing the extract minus the foam into a container.

Claim 7

The process of preparing an acqueous liquid extract of fresh papaya which comprises the following steps: a. extraction of meat from fresh papayas, separating out and discarding the seeds and skins thereof; b. placing the extracted fresh papaya meat and water in a blender having rotatable impeller cutter blades in a blender container; c. placing a cover on the blender container; d. homogenizing the papaya meat and water in the blender by rotating the impeller cutter blades for at least 10 minutes at a sufficiently high speed that considerable heat is added to the papaya meat as it is being homogenized so that the added heat reaises the temperature of the homogenized material to a temperature of about 195° F; e. continuing to rotate the impeller cutter blades at high speed for at least three minutes with the cover on thus holding the temperature of the material being homogenized at a temperature of about 195° F or higher thus insuring thorough pasteurization during homogenizing; f. removing the cover from the blender container and continuing the high speed blending for at least five minutes with the cover removed; and g. stopping the high speed blending and separating the extract from the foam formed at the top of the blended material, placing the extract minus the foam into a container.

Claim 8

The process as claimed in claim 5 in which the water to be added is heated before being placed in the blender.

Claim 9

The process as claimed in claim 5 in which separation of the foam from the remainder of the extract is accomplished by draining the blended material through a sightglass connecting an outlet at the bottom of the blender container with a shutoff valve until foam is seen in the sightglass and then closing the shutoff valve.

Claim 10

The process as claimed in claim 5 in which the papaya skin is included with the papaya meat when the papaya meat is placed in the blender with the papaya meat and water.

Claim 11

The process as claimed in claim 5 also comprising placing in the blender container, before homogenizing, previously extracted, frozen and thawed papaya meat.

Claim 12

The process as claimed in claim 8 also comprising placing in the blender container, before homogenizing, previously extracted, frozen and thawed papaya meat.

Claim 13

The process of preparing a frozen fruit juice base of fresh papaya which comprises the following steps: a. extraction of meat from fresh papayas, separating out and discarding the seeds and skins thereof; b. placing the extracted fresh papaya meat without added water in a blender having rotatable impeller cutter blades in a blender container; c. placing a cover on the blender container; d. homogenizing the papaya meat in the blender by rotating the impeller cutter blades for at least 10 minutes at a sufficiently high speed that considerable heat is added to the papaya meat as it is being homogenized so that the added heat raises the temperature of the homogenized papaya meat to a temperature of about 195° F; e. continuing to rotate the impeller cutter blades at high speed for at least three minutes with the cover on thus holding the temperature of the material being homogenized at a temperature of about 195° F or higher thus insuring thorough pasteurization during homogenizing; f. removing the cover from the blender container and continuing the high speed blending for at least five minutes with the cover removed; g. removing the homogenized and pasteurized extract from the blender and placing it in a container; and h. placing the filled container in frozen storage.

Claim 14

The process of preparing a frozen fruit juice base of fresh papaya which comprises the following steps: a. extraction of meat from fresh papayas, separating out and discarding the seeds and skins thereof; b. placing the extracted fresh papaya meat without added water in a blender having rotatable impeller cutter blades in a blender container; c. placing a cover on the blender container; d. homogenizing the papaya meat in the blender by rotating the impeller cutter blades for at least 10 minutes at a sufficiently high speed that considerable heat is added to the papaya meat as it is being homogenized so that the added heat raises the temperature of the homogenized papaya meat to a temperature of about 195° F; e. continuing to rotate the impeller cutter blades at high speed for at least three minutes with the cover on thus holding the temperature of the material being homogenized at a temperature of about 195° F or higher thus insuring thorough pasteurization during homogenizing; f. removing the cover from the blender container and continuing the high speed blending for at least five minutes with the cover removed; g. removing the homogenized and pasteurized extract from the blender and placing it in a container; and h. placing the filled container in frozen storage.

Claim 15

The process as claimed in claim 11 in which the papaya skin is included when the papaya meat is placed in the blender with the papaya meat.

Claim 16

A stable papaya juice having the flavor of fresh papaya with the absence of bitter taste or smell which is a product of the process of claim 1.

Claim 17

A stable papaya juice having the flavor of fresh papaya with the absence of bitter taste or smell which is a product of the process of claim 2.

Claim 18

A stable papaya juice having the flavor of fresh papaya with the absence of bitter taste or smell which is a product of the process of claim 11.

Claim 19

A stable papaya juice having the flavor of fresh papaya with the absence of bitter taste or smell which is a product of the process of claim 12.

Claim 20

The process of preparing a liquid extract of fresh papaya as claimed in claim 1 in which the extracted meat from fresh papayas is placed in frozen storage, removed from frozen storage and thawed before being placed in the blender.

Claim 21

The process of preparing a liquid extract of fresh papaya as claimed in claim 5 in which the extracted meat from fresh papayas is placed in frozen storage, removed from frozen storage and thawed before being placed in the blender.