US 7,541,056 B2
High fiber and ready-to-serve, ambient stable fruit-based composition
Leonardo José Sanchez Aquino, Jersey City, N.J. (US); Anthony John Barraclough, Wellingborough (United Kingdom); Ian Christopher Chandler, Rushden (United Kingdom); Rosemary Antoinette Golden, Franklin Park, N.J. (US); Frederik Michiel Meeuse, The Hague (Netherlands); Luis Eduardo Saucedo Pizarro, Metepec (Mexico); and Bernard Charles Sekula, Glen Gardner, N.J. (US)
Assigned to Unilever Bestfoods, North America, division of Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. (US)
Filed on Jul. 01, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/882,920.
Prior Publication US 2006/0003081 A1, Jan. 05, 2006
Int. Cl. A23L 1/064 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 426—615  [426/321; 426/335; 426/519; 426/520; 426/521] 5 Claims
 
1. An extended fruit base comprising:
(a) avocado fruit; and
(b) insoluble fiber; wherein the insoluble fiber is citrus fiber;
(c) oil;
(d) emulsifier;
(e) phosphoric acid;
wherein the fruit base has a pH below about 3.8;
wherein the fruit has an extracellular terminal unsaturated ester level below about 20.0 ppm;
wherein said base is substantially free of starch; and
wherein said fruit base is ready-to-serve.