METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DEACIDIFYING FRUIT JUICE

• Main Authors: BUSSMANN, PAULUS JOSEPHUS THEODORUS, VROON, RONALD CORNELIS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 03.09.2014
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention relates to a method for deacidifying fruit juice comprising the steps of providing a resin having a tertiary amine functionality and contacting the fruit juice with said resin to extract the uncharged free organic acids from said juice. Preferably, this is accomplished by using different column processes that are serially connected such that the substance or material exiting one column process is fed to another column process. The term "column process" is defined herein as the chemical or physical process that occurs in the