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Preservation of exposed cut fresh fruit

Patent 6159512 Issued on December 12, 2000. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject June 22, 2018. 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. 091562 filed on 06/22/1998

US Classes:

426/102, Readily identifiable fruit or vegetable derived426/541, Containing antioxidant or antioxidant per se426/615Plant material is basic ingredient other than extract, starch or protein

Examiners

Primary: Cano, Milton
Assistant: Dauerman, Sherry A.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 112655 JP. 12/12/1990
  • 088363 JP. 11/12/1995
  • 91/05479 WO 05/12/1991
  • 91/15959 WO 10/12/1991
  • 94/12041 WO 06/12/1994
  • 96/01560 WO 01/12/1996

International Class

A23B 007/16

Foreign Application Priority Data

1995-12-21 AU

Abstract

A package of exposed fresh fruit including cut pieces of fruit, a packaging material and an edible gel. The packaging material encloses the fruit and allows transmission of oxygen and carbon dioxide to maintain an atmosphere about the fruit of at least 2% oxygen. The edible gel coats exposed surfaces of the fruit. The gel coating includes an anti-oxidant to retard browning and sufficient acidic constituents to establish and maintain on the exposed surfaces of the fruit a pH below 3.

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