Method for producing concentrated food products with fractionation concentration
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A23L-001/212
출원번호
US-0730115
(2010-03-23)
등록번호
US-8414946
(2013-04-09)
발명자
/ 주소
Succar, Jorge K.
Tishinski, Theodore G.
출원인 / 주소
ConAgra Foods RDM, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Holland & Hart LLP
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초록▼
An improved processing method and system for producing tomato paste and other food products affected by viscosity. Tomatoes are processed into tomato juice. The juice is provided to a decanter that separates or fractionates the juice into two portions—a thicker, more viscous cake portion and a thinn
An improved processing method and system for producing tomato paste and other food products affected by viscosity. Tomatoes are processed into tomato juice. The juice is provided to a decanter that separates or fractionates the juice into two portions—a thicker, more viscous cake portion and a thinner, less viscous serum portion. The serum portion is concentrated by removing a portion of water using an evaporator such as a thin film or juice evaporator. The cake portion can be concentrated if necessary with a drier. The serum and cake portions are re-combined to produce a tomato paste having improved color, texture, flavor and nutrition.
대표청구항▼
1. A method for making concentrated tomato serum comprising: separating water from tomato juice to form concentrated tomato juice;separating the concentrated tomato juice into a cake portion and a serum portion using a decanter;removing the serum portion from the decanter; andconcentrating the serum
1. A method for making concentrated tomato serum comprising: separating water from tomato juice to form concentrated tomato juice;separating the concentrated tomato juice into a cake portion and a serum portion using a decanter;removing the serum portion from the decanter; andconcentrating the serum portion with an evaporator to form concentrated tomato serum;wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises a concentration of about 22 to about 75 brix. 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the evaporator is a thin film evaporator, a rising film evaporator, or a falling film evaporator. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the evaporator is a thermally accelerated short time evaporator. 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the decanter includes a weir and a scraping mechanism and the cake portion and serum portion are separated by rotating said decanter to force said cake portion against an inner surface of said decanter, separating said cake and serum portions with said weir. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the serum portion comprises about 65% to about 95% of the tomato stream by weight. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the serum portion comprises 0% to about 10% insoluble solids by weight. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the serum portion comprises about 3% to about 17% soluble solids by weight. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the serum portion comprises a concentration of about 3 to about 16 brix. 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises 0% to about 31% insoluble solids by weight. 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises 0% to about 12% insoluble solids by weight. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises about 22% to about 75% soluble solids by weight. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the serum portion is concentrated with the evaporator for about 5 minutes to about 1 hour to form said concentrated tomato serum. 13. The method of claim 1, further comprising processing one or more tomatoes into a tomato stream. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the tomato stream is formed by chopping one or more tomatoes into tomato pieces and removing solids from the tomato pieces. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein removing solids from the tomato pieces comprises filtering tomato seeds and skins with a filter screen. 16. The method of claim 14, further comprising inactivating enzymes in the tomato pieces by hot breaking or cold breaking. 17. The method of claim 16, wherein the enzymes are pectin galacturonase or pectin methyl esterase. 18. The method of claim 1 comprising combining the cake portion and the concentrated tomato serum to form tomato paste. 19. The method of claim 1 comprising concentrating the cake portion to form a concentrated cake portion and combining the concentrated cake portion and the concentrated serum portion to form tomato paste. 20. A method for making a tomato product comprising: separating tomato juice into a cake portion and a serum portion;concentrating the serum portion with an evaporator to form concentrated tomato serum, the concentrated tomato serum having a concentration of about 22 to about 75 brix;concentrating the cake portion to form a concentrated cake portion;combining the concentrated tomato serum and the concentrated cake portion to form the tomato product. 21. The method of claim 20 comprising inactivating enzymes in the tomato juice by hot breaking or cold breaking. 22. The method of claim 20 comprising removing water from the tomato juice to form concentrated tomato juice and separating the concentrated tomato juice into the cake portion and the serum potion. 23. The method of claim 22 comprising removing water from the tomato juice with an evaporator to form concentrated tomato juice. 24. The method of claim 20 comprising separating the tomato juice into the cake portion and the serum portion with a decanter. 25. The method of claim 20 comprising separating the tomato juice into the cake portion and the serum portion with a decanter centrifuge. 26. The method of claim 20 wherein concentrating the cake portion includes drying the cake portion with a drier. 27. The method of claim 20 wherein the concentrated tomato serum and the concentrated cake portion are combined with a static mixer or a positive displacement pump. 28. The method of claim 20 wherein the tomato product is tomato paste. 29. The method of claim 20 comprising sterilizing the tomato product and cooling the tomato product. 30. The method of claim 20 wherein the serum portion includes about 65 wt % to about 95 wt % of the tomato juice. 31. The method of claim 20 wherein the serum portion comprises 0 wt % to about 10 wt % insoluble solids. 32. The method of claim 20 wherein the serum portion comprises about 3 wt % to about 17 wt % soluble solids. 33. The method of claim 20, wherein the serum portion comprises a concentration of about 3 to about 16 brix. 34. The method of claim 20, wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises 0% to about 31% insoluble solids by weight. 35. The method of claim 20, wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises 0% to about 12% insoluble solids by weight. 36. The method of claim 20, wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises about 22% to about 75% soluble solids by weight. 37. A method for making a tomato product comprising: chopping tomatoes into tomato pieces and removing solids from the tomato pieces;inactivating enzymes in the tomato pieces by hot breaking or cold breaking;separating tomato juice from the tomato pieces;removing water from the tomato juice to form concentrated tomato juice;separating the concentrated tomato juice into a cake portion and a serum portion with a decanter;concentrating the serum portion with an evaporator to form concentrated tomato serum, the concentrated tomato serum having a concentration of about 22 to about 75 brix;concentrating the cake portion to form a concentrated cake portion;combining the concentrated tomato serum and the concentrated cake portion to form the tomato product;sterilizing the tomato product; andcooling the tomato product. 38. The method of claim 37 wherein the enzymes are inactivated by hot breaking or cold breaking. 39. The method of claim 37 comprising removing water from the tomato juice with an evaporator to form concentrated tomato juice. 40. The method of claim 37 wherein removing water from the tomato juice includes removing about 20% to 50% of the water in the tomato juice. 41. The method of claim 37 comprising separating the concentrated tomato juice into the cake portion and the serum portion with a decanter centrifuge. 42. The method of claim 37 wherein concentrating the cake portion includes drying the cake portion with a drier. 43. The method of claim 37 wherein the concentrated tomato serum and the concentrated cake portion are combined with a static mixer or a positive displacement pump. 44. The method of claim 37 wherein the tomato product is tomato paste. 45. The method of claim 37, wherein the serum portion comprises 0% to about 10% insoluble solids by weight. 46. The method of claim 37, wherein the serum portion comprises about 3% to about 17% soluble solids by weight. 47. The method of claim 37 wherein the serum portion includes about 65 wt % to about 95 wt % of the concentrated tomato juice. 48. The method of claim 37, wherein the concentrated tomato serum comprises about 22% to about 75% soluble solids by weight.
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