PEELED INFUSED DRIED BUOYANT CRANBERRIES AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME

摘要

Disclosed is a peeled whole dried infused buoyant cranberry. Further a process for preparing the cranberry is disclosed. The process includes sizing individually quick frozen cranberries by collecting those that pass through a mesh screen with (16) millimeter openings and that are retained on a mesh screen with openings of 9 millimeters. The sized cranberries are then peeled and infused in an infusion solution having a Brix of from (40) to (80) at a temperature of from 29 to 44° C ± 5° C until the cranberries have a Brix of at least about (40). The cranberries are removed from the infusion solution and dried at a temperature of from 73 to 85° C until they have a water activity level of from 0.25 to 0.6 and a buoyancy of at least 30%. The final dried infused cranberry preferably has a Brix of 76 to (84).