ACHICORIA TORREFACTA SOLUBLE CON ALTO CONTENIDO DE INULINA

• Main Author: JANSSENS, MYRIAM
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 16.12.2008
• Subjects: COFFEE; FODDER; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MANUFACTURE, PREPARATION, OR INFUSION THEREOF; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; TEA; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR SUBSTITUTES; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

Achicoria natural torrefacta soluble, en polvo, que presenta un alto contenido de inulina y fructooligosacáridos comprendido entre el 50 y el 60% en peso con respecto a la materia seca, caracterizada porque el índice de color, medido mediante absorción a 500 nm de una solución al 1% de dicha achicoria, está comprendido entre 0,4 y 0,7 y porque su contenido combinado de fructosa y glucosa es superior al 5%. Soluble roasted chicory powder with an inulin and fructooligosaccharide content above 40% (dry weight basis) is new. An Independent claim is also included for a process for producing soluble roasted chicory powder, comprising drying fresh chicory roots, roasting the roots at 130 deg C and low humidity, cooling and crushing the roots, extracting the chicory with hot water, and spray drying the extract.