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Process for Spray Drying Botanical Food

  • US 20130122151A1
  • Filed: 05/30/2012
  • Published: 05/16/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A process for making a spray-dried food product from a whole botanical food, the process comprising:

  • combining 0-95% of a juice component and 5-100% of at least one non-juice component of a whole botanical food to create a whole botanical food slurry, the at least one non-juice component comprising 0-100% intact botanical food, 0-100% skin, 0-100% pomace, and 0-100% seed or seed fiber, wherein the juice and non-juice components total 100%;

    adding water to the whole botanical food slurry to produce a mixture comprising a suspended solids content of about 1-50%;

    heating the mixture to reduce viscosity and improve flow properties;

    shearing the heated mixture to reduce particle size and to create a uniform slurry; and

    spray drying the uniform slurry with a spray dryer to form a spray-dried whole botanical food product.

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