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Reverse osmosis concentration of juice products with improved flavor

Patent 4959237 Issued on September 25, 1990. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 7, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Assignee

Application

No. 362719 filed on 06/07/1989

US Classes:

426/330.5, Fruit and vegetable juice210/652, Hyperfiltration (e.g., reverse osmosis, etc.)426/599Fruit and vegetable juice

Examiners

Primary: Paden, Carolyn

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 0070059 EP. 06/13/1982

International Class

A23L 002/04

Abstract

A membrane process for producing an improved product quality comprising feeding a clarified serum at an elevated pressure to a plurality of reverse osmosis units in two stages--the first having high-rejection polyamide membranes and the second having low-rejection membranes, wherein the permeate from the low-rejection membranes is recycled to the high-rejection feed.

Other References

  • "The Concentration of Solutions of High Osmotic Pressure by Reverse Osmosis", H. F. van Wijk, R. J. M. Creusen and A. E. Jansen (pp. 115-122), Process Technology Proceedings, 5: Preconcentration and Drying of Food Materials (Thijssen Memorial Symposium-Proceedings of the International Symposium on Preconcentration and Drying of Foods, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Nov. 5-6, 1987), edited by S. Brui
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