METHOD FOR PRODUCING CITRUS FRUITS BASE FOR CLOUDY BEVERAGES Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry, in particular, food-concentrates industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves extracting bitter substance from citrus fruits flavedo; treating citrus fruits with preparation produced by sequential extracting of Mortierella exigua micromycet biomass with the use of non-polar extractant in above-critical sate, water, alkaline, water, acid, water, alkaline, and water, with following joining of first extract with solid residue; holding for 2-5 hours; crushing citrus fruits for obtaining of pulpy juice; concentrating the latter. EFFECT: increased efficiency and provision for eliminating opalescence of base product.