METHOD OF PREPARING CITRUS FRUITS FOR JUICE EXTRACTION PROCESS Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: food-processing industry. SUBSTANCE: method involves extracting bitter substances from citrus fruits with the use of non-polar liquefied gas; treating citrus fruits with preparation produced from Mortierella hygrophila micromycet biomass by predetermined process; holding resultant mass; impregnating with liquefied ammonia at pressure above atmospheric pressure; releasing pressure to value equal to atmospheric pressure at rate providing freezing of fruits. EFFECT: improved quality of juice by eliminating opalescence. 2 ex