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

FIELD: food industry at conservation of products. SUBSTANCE: method involves saturation of prepared raw material with carbohydrates in concentrated clarified fruit or berry juice with 50-75% content of dry substances, and with addition of preparation produced by successive extraction of biomass of Pythium gracile micromycete with nonpolar extracting agent under above-critical condition with water, alkali, water, acid, alkali and water with the following combination of the first extract with solid residue at temperature lower than that of boiling the concentrated juice. Saturation is conducted to content of dry substances in raw material equal to 50-55%. Then mixture is dried up to residual humidity content of 20-25%. EFFECT: improved organoleptical properties and reduced losses of biologically active substances. 3 cl