BEVERAGE COMPONENT IN FORM OF FINELY POWDERED FRUIT PULP Russian patent published in 2020 - IPC A23L2/02 A23L19/00 A23L33/21 

FIELD: food industry.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to beverage components and a method for production of a beverage component in the form of a finely ground fruit pulp containing a finely ground pomace fruit pomace. One proposes a beverage component in the form of a finely ground fruit pulp containing sterilized finely ground apple or pear fruit refuses and at least one of apple or pear fruit and water or their mixture; the finely ground fruit pulp has the following components: (i) total content of solid substances in amount of 4 to 10 wt. %; (ii) total food fibre content in amount of 2 to 6 % by weight; (iii) particle size distribution, wherein all particles have a size within the range of not more than 2100 mcm; 90 % of particles have particle size of less than 1700 mcm and 10 % of particles have particle size of less than 300 mcm; particles have medium-volume diameter within range from 580 to 960 mcm; and particles have volume median diameter within range from 470 to 980 mcm; and (iv) a viscosity in range of 1000–9000 cP. Disclosed is a beverage containing a beverage component; at least one fruit juice, and optionally at least one fruit puree, wherein the beverage component in the beverage provides a total food fibre content of at least 0.6 % by weight. Disclosed is a beverage component production method involving the following stages: i) provision of pomace fruit pomace, wherein pomace has total content of solid substances in amount of 15 to 40 wt. %, maximum particle size of not more than 5 mm and total food fibre content in amount of 8 to 20 wt. %; ii) mixing the pomace with at least one of water and fruit juice or mixture thereof to produce a pomace mixture having a total solids content in amount of 4 to 10 % by weight, maximum particle size of not more than 5 mm and total food fibre content in amount of 2.0 to 6.0 % by weight; iii) reducing the size of solid particles in the pomace mixture to produce a finely ground fruit pulp containing a finely ground refuses, wherein the finely ground fruit pulp has a total solids content in amount of 4 to 10 % by weight, total food fibre content in amount of 2.0 to 6.0 % by weight and particle size distribution, wherein all particles have a size in the range of not more than 2100 mcm; 90 % of particles have particle size of less than 1700 mcm and 10 % of particles have particle size of less than 300 mcm; particles have medium-volume diameter within range from 580 to 960 mcm; and particles have volume median diameter within range from 470 to 980 mcm, and viscosity within 1000–9000 cP; and iv) sterilization of finely ground pulp by heating. Also disclosed is a beverage production method involving the following steps: a) providing 10-50 vol. % of the beverage component; and b) mixing the beverage component with 50-90 vol. % of at least one fruit juice, a fruit puree or a combination thereof, wherein the beverage component in the beverage provides the total food fibre content of at least 0.6 wt. %.

EFFECT: invention provides the desired fruit drink, which consumers can perceive as having higher content of nutrients and closer to original fruits than products based on juices.

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