Processed citrus fruit item having reduced bitterness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10798960-B2
Application number	US-201615558048-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2016
Priority date	Mar 16, 2015
Publication date	Oct 13, 2020
Grant date	Oct 13, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a processed citrus fruit item in which the super surface layer of the peel of a citrus fruit is removed at a thickness at which the oil sacs in the peel are not destroyed, whereby the processed citrus fruit item has reduced bitterness while containing a wealth of flavor components.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A processed citrus fruit comprising a peel, wherein:
a part of a super surface layer of the peel has been shaved from an outer surface of the peel at 50% or more of an outer surface area of the peel, and
50% or more by number of oil sacs present in the peel of the same fruit prior to processing remain in the peel of the processed citrus fruit and are not ruptured.

2. The processed citrus fruit according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the shaved super surface layer of the peel is from 0.7 mm to 1.0 mm.

3. The processed citrus fruit according to claim 1 , wherein 80% or more of the outer surface area of the peel has been shaved.

4. The processed citrus fruit according to claim 1 , wherein 70% or more of the number of oil sacs are kept intact without being ruptured.

5. A processed citrus peel, obtained by removing the pulp and seeds from the processed citrus fruit according to claim 1 .

6. The processed citrus peel according to claim 5 , wherein 90% or more by weight of segment membrane and albedo have been removed.

7. A citrus fruit extract which is obtained by a method comprising bringing the processed citrus fruit according to claim 1 into contact with water or an organic solvent.

8. A method for producing a processed citrus fruit comprising shaving a part of a super surface layer of a peel of a citrus fruit from an outer surface of the peel at 50% or more of an outer surface area of the peel to produce the processed citrus fruit, wherein 50% or more by number of oil sacs present in the peel of the same fruit prior to processing remain in the peel of the processed citrus fruit and are not ruptured.

Assignees

• Suntory Holdings Ltd

Inventors

• Fujiwara Masaru
• Yokoo Yoshiaki

Classifications

• A23L2/06

  from citrus fruits · CPC title

• A23N7/08 Primary

  for peeling fruit and removing seed-containing sections · CPC title

• A23L21/10

  Marmalades; Jams; Jellies; Other similar fruit or vegetable compositions; Simulated fruit products · CPC title

• A23L5/23

  by extraction with solvents · CPC title

• A23L5/20

  Removal of unwanted matter, e.g. deodorisation or detoxification · CPC title