METHOD OF PRODUCING BANANA BASE FOR CLOUDY BEVERAGES Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves preparing bananas; peeling; crushing flesh for obtaining juice; providing acid hydrolysis of peel; separating hydrolysate and blending with juice; before peeling, treating bananas with preparation produced by sequential extracting of Pythium insidiosum micromycet biomass with the use of non-polar extractant in above-critical state, water, alkaline, water, acid, water, alkaline, and water, with following joining of first extract with solid residue, with preparation being used in an amount of 0,5-10•10⁴ mg/t; holding for 2-5 hours. EFFECT: increased efficiency and improved organoleptical properties of product due to elimination of opalescence. 2 ex