A process and system to produce a fruit or vegetable juice concentrate having clean flavor, color, and aroma with a Brix value between about 30 to about 70 The process includes crushing raw fruit or vegetable to form a juice puree that is enzymatically treated to improve overall yield of juice concentrate. The enzymatically treated juice puree is directed to a separator to separate the liquid juice from the solids. The liquid juice is pasteurized, clarified, and then treated to remove or reduce off-flavor and/or off-flavor precursor compounds to produce the fruit or vegetable juice concentrate.

An object is to provide a novel saccharide-reduced fruit beverage having an improved flavor. According to the present invention, provided is a fruit beverage containing citrus fruit and having a sucrose concentration of 1.4 g/100 mL or less in terms of Brix 11°, in which the beverage has an ethyl ester concentration of 25 to 50 ppb and/or a monoterpene derivative concentration of 600 to 3,000 ppb. The citrus fruit in the present invention can be selected from the group consisting of oranges, grapefruit, and Unshu mikan, and a proportion of a fruit juice in the beverage can be set to 30% or more.

This invention relates, inter alia, to various plant-based electrolyte compositions, methods of preparing them and methods of using them. One embodiment concerns a plant-based electrolyte composition comprising a plant-derived electrolyte content high in potassium relative to sodium, and a plant-derived carbohydrate content less than about 6% weight/volume. Another embodiment concerns a method for re-hydrating an individual or preventing dehydration or over-hydration of an individual or or preventing or treating potassium deficiency in an individual, by administering to the individual a plant-based electrolyte composition. The electrolyte compositions can be prepared from sugarcane juice, sugar beet juice, sweet sorghum juice, palm syrup, maple sap, vegetable juice or fruit juice.

This invention relates, inter alia, to various plant-based electrolyte compositions, methods of preparing them and methods of using them. One embodiment concerns a plant-based electrolyte composition comprising a plant-derived electrolyte content high in potassium relative to sodium, and a plant-derived carbohydrate content less than about 6% weight/volume. Another embodiment concerns a method for re-hydrating an individual or preventing dehydration or over-hydration of an individual or or preventing or treating potassium deficiency in an individual, by administering to the individual a plant-based electrolyte composition. The electrolyte compositions can be prepared from sugarcane juice, sugar beet juice, sweet sorghum juice, palm syrup, maple sap, vegetable juice or fruit juice.

The disclosure generally relates to a an aromatic water having fruit flavors without artificial or added aromas from fruit juices comprising produced by a process comprising providing a fruit juice, performing a nanofiltration of said fruit juice or adjusted fruit juice through a nanofiltration membrane, and recovering the permeate water from the nanofiltration to obtain the aromatic water drink, wherein the permeate water has a reduced Brix degree by at least 50% compared to the fruit juice.

The disclosure generally relates to a an aromatic water having fruit flavors without artificial or added aromas from fruit juices comprising produced by a process comprising providing a fruit juice, performing a nanofiltration of said fruit juice or adjusted fruit juice through a nanofiltration membrane, and recovering the permeate water from the nanofiltration to obtain the aromatic water drink, wherein the permeate water has a reduced Brix degree by at least 50% compared to the fruit juice.

An ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) membrane has at least one nanoporous UHMWPE film, where each of the nanoporous UHMWPE film is biaxial oriented with a thickness of 0.1 to 12 μm and pores that exclude particles in excess of 10 nm with a total porosity of 65 to 75 percent. The nanoporous UHMWPE film can be coated or laminated by a hydrophilic polymer to form a Janus membrane and can be made with a multilayer composite structure. The UHMWPE membrane can be used in a device for molecular distillation (MD), reverse osmosis (RO), or forward osmosis (FO).

An ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) membrane has at least one nanoporous UHMWPE film, where each of the nanoporous UHMWPE film is biaxial oriented with a thickness of 0.1 to 12 μm and pores that exclude particles in excess of 10 nm with a total porosity of 65 to 75 percent. The nanoporous UHMWPE film can be coated or laminated by a hydrophilic polymer to form a Janus membrane and can be made with a multilayer composite structure. The UHMWPE membrane can be used in a device for molecular distillation (MD), reverse osmosis (RO), or forward osmosis (FO).

A polyarylene ether sulfone comprising in polymerized form A) isosorbide, isomannide, isoidide or a mixture thereof and B) at least one at least one nonsulfonated dihalodiaryl sulfone (compound B) and C) at least one sulfonated dihalodiaryl sulfone (compound C), a process for its preparation and its use in the preparation of coatings, films, fibers, foams, membranes or molded articles.

A polyarylene ether sulfone comprising in polymerized form A) isosorbide, isomannide, isoidide or a mixture thereof and B) at least one at least one nonsulfonated dihalodiaryl sulfone (compound B) and C) at least one sulfonated dihalodiaryl sulfone (compound C), a process for its preparation and its use in the preparation of coatings, films, fibers, foams, membranes or molded articles.