METHOD OF PREPARING CANDIED BERRIES Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: food industry for conservation with sugar using. SUBSTANCE: method involves saturation of prepared raw material with sugar in syrup with 50-75% content of dry substances, and with addition of food salt with polyvalency metal selected from a group of macro- and microelements at temperature lower than that of boiling syrup up to content of dry substances in raw material equal to 50-55%. Then mixture is dried up to moisture content of 20-25%. EFFECT: improved organoleptical properties and reduced losses of native biologically active substances. 3 cl