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Orange juice concentrate
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1981-07-13
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Granted: 1983-02-22
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Expires: 2001-07-13
Abstract
Abstract A natural orange juice concentrate prepared from natural orange compounds is disclosed. The orange juice concentrate has at least 35% solids including pulp, non-volatile compounds, pectin and volatile compounds. This orange juice concentrate has at least 65% of the aroma and flavor volatile compounds of the natural juice. The aroma and flavor volatile compounds comprise a low boiling fraction and a higher boiling fraction in a ratio of at least 4:1. The ethyl butyrate level is at least 0.1% of the total volatile compounds, the proportion of ethyl butyrate to limonene being in the range of 0.0015:1 to about 0.6:1. The orange juice concentrate is prepared by separating natural orange juice into a pulp portion and a serum portion. The serum portion which comprises 7% to 20% solids and from 80% to 93% water is concentrated by removing essentially pure water. The concentration step can be accomplished by freeze concentration or by sublimation concentration. When sublimation concentration is used, the pulp does not have to be separated from the serum. Substantially 100% of the non-volatile solids are retained. Moreover, the product is substantially free of oxidative degradation products.
Inventors
- 👤 Rudolf G. Strobel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-11-09 03:23
CPC Classifications
A; A23; A23L; A23L2/00; A23L2/02; A23L2/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 24
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A natural orange juice concentrate prepared from orange juice, said concentrate comprising: (1) at least 35% total solids, originally present in the juice, comprising pulp, nonvolatile compounds, and volatile compounds, the balance being water; (2) two of said volatile compounds being ethyl butyrate and limonene; (3) at least 0.1% of said volatile compounds being ethyl butyrate; (4) the proportion of said ethyl butyrate to said limonene being in the range of about 0.0015:1 to about 0.6:1; (5) said volatile compounds comprising a low boiling fraction and a high boiling fraction, the ratio of the low boiling fraction to the high boiling fraction being at least about 4:1; the amounts and proportions of said volatile compounds are determined by a gas chromatographic analysis of the headspace volatile compounds released from a sample of orange juice, said sample having a temperature of 40° C.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A natural orange juice concentrate prepared from orange juice, said concentrate comprising: (1) at least 35% total solids, originally present in the juice, comprising pulp, nonvolatile compounds, and volatile compounds, the balance being water; (2) two of said volatile compounds being ethyl butyrate and limonene; (3) at least 0.1% of said volatile compounds being ethyl butyrate; (4) the proportion of said ethyl butyrate to said limonene being in the range of about 0.0015:1 to about 0.6:1; (5) said volatile compounds comprising a low boiling fraction and a high boiling fraction, the ratio of the low boiling fraction to the high boiling fraction being at least about 4:1; the amounts and proportions of said volatile compounds are determined by a gas chromatographic analysis of the headspace volatile compounds released from a sample of orange juice, said sample having a temperature of 40° C.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A concentrate according to claim 1 wherein said volatile compounds are at least 65% of the volatile compounds originally present in the juice.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A concentrate according to claim 2 wherein the total solids content is in a range of about 40% to about 87%.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A concentrate according to claim 3 wherein said volatile compounds are at least about 75% to about 95% of the volatile compounds originally present in the juice.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A concentrate according to claim 3 wherein the proportion of ethyl butyrate to limonene is in the range of 0.004:1 to 0.5:1.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A concentrate according to claim 3 wherein the concentration of ethyl butyrate is at least 0.4%.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A concentrate according to claim 5 wherein the sugar to acid ratio is from 12:1 to 16:1.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A concentrate according to claims 1, 2, or 7 having a pulp content of from 5% to 19% (V/V).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
185 words
A natural orange juice concentrate prepared from orange juice, said orange juice comprising: a pulp portion and a serum portion; said serum portion comprising about 80-93% water and about 7-20% non-aqueous compounds; said non-aqueous compounds portion comprising nonvolatile compounds and volatile compounds; said volatile compounds comprising a low boiling fraction and a higher boiling fraction; said low boiling fraction containing ethyl butyrate; and said higher boiling fraction containing limonene; said concentrate product comprising: (1) at least 35% total solids comprising pulp, nonvolatile compounds, and volatile compounds; (2) substantially 100% of the nonvolatile compounds originally present in the solids portion of said serum; (3) at least 65% of the volatile compounds originally present in the solids portion of said serum; (4) at least 0.1% of said volatile compounds being ethyl butyrate; (5) the proportion of said ethyl butyrate to said limonene being in the range of about 0.0015:1 to about 0.6:1; the amounts and proportions of said volatile compounds are determined by a gas chromatographic analysis of the headspace volatile compounds released from a sample of orange juice, said sample having a temperature of 40° C.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
185 words
A natural orange juice concentrate prepared from orange juice, said orange juice comprising: a pulp portion and a serum portion; said serum portion comprising about 80-93% water and about 7-20% non-aqueous compounds; said non-aqueous compounds portion comprising nonvolatile compounds and volatile compounds; said volatile compounds comprising a low boiling fraction and a higher boiling fraction; said low boiling fraction containing ethyl butyrate; and said higher boiling fraction containing limonene; said concentrate product comprising: (1) at least 35% total solids comprising pulp, nonvolatile compounds, and volatile compounds; (2) substantially 100% of the nonvolatile compounds originally present in the solids portion of said serum; (3) at least 65% of the volatile compounds originally present in the solids portion of said serum; (4) at least 0.1% of said volatile compounds being ethyl butyrate; (5) the proportion of said ethyl butyrate to said limonene being in the range of about 0.0015:1 to about 0.6:1; the amounts and proportions of said volatile compounds are determined by a gas chromatographic analysis of the headspace volatile compounds released from a sample of orange juice, said sample having a temperature of 40° C.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
A concentrate according to claim 9 wherein the total solids content is in a range of about 40% to about 87%.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
A concentrate according to claim 10 wherein the volatile compounds are present in a range of about 75% to about 95% of the volatile compounds originally present in the serum.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
A concentrate according to claim 10 wherein the proportion of said low boiling fraction to said higher boiling fraction is in the range of about 4:1 to about 12:1.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
22 words
A concentrate according to claim 11 wherein the proportion of ethyl butyrate to limonene is in the range of 0.004:1 to 0.5:1.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
16 words
A concentrate according to claim 10 having a solids content of from 60% to about 87%.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
A concentrate according to claim 10 wherein the sugar to acid ratio is from 12:1 to 16:1.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
18 words
A concentrate according to claims 9 or 10 having a pulp content of from 5% to 19% (V/V).
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
A concentrate according to claim 15 wherein the pulp content is from 9% to 12% (V/V) and the pulp size ranges from 0.5 mm to 5.0 mm.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
23 words
A concentrate according to claims 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14 which is further characterized by being substantially free of enzyme activity.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
22 words
A concentrate according to claims 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14 which is further characterized by being substantially free of microorganisms.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
24 words
A concentrate according to claims 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, or 14 which is further characterized by being substantially free of oxidative degradation products.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
A concentrate according to claims 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 which is further characterized by being substantially free of organoleptically detectable hydrogen sulfide.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
A concentrate according to claims 9, 10, 11, 12, or 14 which is further characterized by being substantially free of microorganisms, enzyme activity, oxidative degradation products and hydrogen sulfide.
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