NL1043272B1 - Process to extract and produce drinking water from trees, plants, vegetables or fruits or any other product of agricultural or arboricultural origin, that contains sap/juice to produce drinking water and beverages thereof, that are certifiable "organic" in accordance with the requirements set by the different certifying organizations. - Google Patents

Abstract

Uittreksel / Resume Process to extract and produce drinking water from trees, plants, vegetables or fruits or any other product of agricultural or arboricultural origin, that contains sap/juice to produce drinking water and beverages thereof, that are certifiable "organic" in accordance with the requirements set by the different certifying organizations. 1043272

Description

i Process to extract and produce drinking water from trees, plants, vegetables or fruits or any other product of agricultural or arboricultural origin, that contains sap/juice to produce drinking water and beverages thereof, that are certifiable “organic” in accordance with the requirements set by the different certifying organizations.

BACKGROUND It is important to define the term “Certifiable as Organic” in accordance with the requirements set by the different organic certifying organizations around the globe. “Organic certification” is a certification process for producers of organic food and other organic agricultural products.

Certification is issuing an official legal license to sell products as “organic” if the production system complies with the applicable regulations. The term “Organic” in this regard must not be confused with “of vegetable or biological origin”.

Yet another important point in this disclosure is the possible confusion of the term “water” in regard to birch sap. Popularly birch juice or maple juice in its raw form is also called birch water and maple water.

This disclosure relates in regard to birch juice, to the production of pure water of vegetable origin obtained by separating raw birch juice that is certified as “organic” in drinking water (certifiable as “organic”) at one hand and a residue at the other hand.

The starting point for the production of drinking water that is certifiable “organic”, is that the raw material for this production, is officially certified as “organic”.

According to the official (global) rules set for “organic” certification: When the raw material that is certified as “organic” is separated in parts, without adding substances to these individual parts, these parts are considered products that are certifiable as “organic”.

For example, when organic certified peanuts are mechanically separated in a part oil and a part dry peanut paste, without adding substances to these individual parts, both the peanut oil and the dry peanut paste are considered as certifiable “organic”.

Another example is when orange juice that is certified “organic”, is mechanically separated in a part water and a part concentrate, without adding any substances to these individual parts, both the water and the concentrate are certifiable “organic”.

Yet another example is when cucumbers that are certified “organic”, are grinded into a pulp and this pulp is mechanically separated in a part water and a part concentrate, without adding substances to these individual parts, both these parts are individually certifiable as “organic”.

Yet another example is when birch juice that is certified “organic” is mechanically separated in a part water and a part concentrate, this without adding substances to these individual parts, both these parts are individually certifiable as “organic”.

Any change in regulation of organic certification, will not affect the fact that if the raw material for the production of drinking water of vegetable origin, is certified “organic” and there are no substances added to the separated paris/derived products, these individual parts of the raw material, also comply with organic regulations and thus can be considered as certifiable “organic”.

SUMMERY This disclosure relates to the process to produce drinking water, and beverages thereof, from a tree, plant, vegetable or fruit or any other product of agricultural or arboriculture origin that contains a sap or juice, with the explicit condition that this produced drinking water is “certifiable as organic”.

This is done in the following steps: a) If the juice is contained in the yet “certified as organic” product of agricultural or arboriculture origin, it has to be grinded into a pulp and after that mechanically separated in two components; juice in raw form at one hand, and pulp at the other hand.

b) The following step in this is to filter the juice, to separate the water part, hereafter called the “water”, from the concentrated tree, plant, vegetable or fruit “extract”, hereafter called the “concentrate”, c} In the case of a “certified as organic” juice, for example birch juice, the process of grinding is not necessary and this juice will immediately be mechanically separated into a part “water” and a part “concentrate”, d) Bottling the “water” as is, or ¢} Further use or process the “water” to any eventual beverage such as beer, carbonated soda drink, tonie, seltzer water and more, but not limiting it to the before mentioned examples.

This can be done, but not limited to, adding “organic” certified vitamins, and “organic” certified {dietary} minerals flavoring ingredients. And after that bottling it.

This disclosure also relates to drinking “water” prepared according to the process of this disclosure and a liquid beverage that contains this drinking “water” and added nutriments and/or minerals and optionally any flavoring ingredients, all certified “organic”, or optionally added carbon dioxide also called a carbonated drink.

This disclosure also relates to “water” prepared according to the process of this disclosure and a liquid beverage that contains this “water” and added nutriments and/or minerals and or vitamins and optionally any flavoring ingredients that are all certified as “organic” and all ingredients, that are all certified as “organic”, necessary to produce beer.

The main goal of the described process of this disclosure is to produce a drinking water of cultivated origin (agricultural/arboricultural) that can be certified as “organic” for which it is or of beverages thereof.

Related Prior Art Birch sap and maple sap is a naturally occurring, unprocessed crystal-clear liquid, having the consistency and clarity of water, which derives from the birch tree or sugar maple tree. It is generally available from the birch tree or sugar maple tree during the late winter and early spring. Birch sap and maple sap have a sugar content ranging from approximately 0,510 5° Brix (° Bx), the majority of the sugar content being fructose and glucose for birch sap and sucrose and glucose for maple sap. In the fabrication process for birch syrup, as well as for maple syrup, the first step after collecting the sap is the separation of as much as possible of the water that is naturally occurring in the sap at one hand, and at the other hand the conservation of a very small quantity of sugars and organic acids and some vitamins.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,424,089 to Munch st al. describes carbonated maple sap and method of making the same. However, the beverage produced is prepared from complete sap and will therefore not be filtered, disinfected or otherwise transformed into a beverage. This patent also describes that the water content that is naturally present in maple sap during the production of maple syrup may be removed and sold as non-carbonated water. This product however is produced from the older boiling process that was formerly used in the production of maple syrup. The water distilled off the sap was condensed and sold. Lastly, this patent also describes that a product may be produced from the water removed from maple sap by reverse osmosis. However, the product described requires a process where the water is strictly filtered and then carbonated before is it sold.

In view of the foregoing references it is an objective of neither the two of them, nor possible, to produce drinking water that is certifiable as “organic” if the processes mentioned in patents US2011/0052759A1 and U.S. Pat, No. 5,424,089 are followed.

For the simple reason, it is indispensable to have “organic certified” raw material to be able to produce “organic” certifiable drinking water and beverages thereof.

Both before mentioned patents do not refer to the need to have “organic” certified sap, or any another “organic” certified raw material, nor is it an aim of the described process fo produce an “organic” certifiable drinking water. And thus it makes this disclosure a novelty.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL DRAWINGS FIG 1 illustrates a 2 stage reverse osmosis installation : FIG 2 illustrates a high pressure processing installation 5 -

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL DRAWINGS Figure 1 is a schematic view of a reverse osmosis system that is generally used for cleaning water from pollution. In the sugaring industry it is used to separate the water in de maple or birch sap from the sugar, the minerals and vitamins, In the sugaring industry of maple and birch the concentrate is used to produce maple syrup or birch syrup. In the sap concentration industry of fruit juices, it is generally used to produce a fruit juice concentrate by separating the water from the concentrate, Normally a two stage reverse osmosis system is used. This means that the water concentrate of a first reverse osmosis cycle, is redirected to the reverse osmosis system for a second run through the system. A higher level concentrate is ejected from the system. it depends on the type of filtering tubes used, the size of the filtering holes measured in microns, what is filtered from the rough material that is run through the reverse osmosis system, The smaller the holes, the cleaner the water that gets out and the more concentrated the residue is.

Figure 2 is schematic view of a high pressure processing installation. The product, | wrapped in flexible packaging (mostly in plastic, not necessary under vacuum), is put in a metal cylinder with thick walls, This chamber is filled with hydraulic fluid (generally water) capable of transmitting pressure, which could reach up to 6.000 atmospheres: the pressure is applied for some minutes, generally from one up to five. Afterwards, the decompression system depressurizes the cylindrical chamber: the treated product can then be removed and taken out of the press. The exit is opposite to the entering part of the machine. By the pressure the cell walls of the bad bacteria are damaged and they will ‘die” and loose their bad influence on food

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Conclusions I. The invention concerns the method of producing drinking water that can be certified as organic. This is done by extracting the water from tree, plant, vegetable or fruit juice, with the ultimate goal of having it certified as “organic” drinking water. This can be achieved by taking the following steps: a. An explicit condition is that the raw material for the production of the biologically certifiable drinking water must be “organic” certified. b, If the water is still in the product of agricultural or arboricultural origin or is contained or is part of the solid, this raw material must be ground to pulp. By mechanical separation, this pulp is separated into two parts: 1. "raw juice" and 2. the "solid component". c. In the case of an "organic certified" juice, for example birch sap, the grinding process is not necessary and this raw juice is immediately filtered, c. Filtering the raw juice and dividing it into a part “concentrate” on one side and part “water” on the other, d. Disinfecting, extracting from or neutralizing micro-organisms that are present in the obtained part of biologically certifiable (drinking) water. The invention as described in claim 1, characterized in that the under c. said filtering method may consist of; reverse osmosis, micro-filtration, ultra-filtration, nano-filtration or a combination thereof. The invention as described in claim 1, characterized in that by tree, plant, vegetable or fruit juice is meant any moisture of vegetable origin that is certified organic. The invention as described in claim 1, characterized in that the under d. said disinfection method may consist of treatment with High Pressure Processing, UV-C light, flash pasteurization, cooking, ozonation, activated carbon or a combination thereof. The invention as described in claim 1, characterized in that the obtained "biologically certifiable" drinking water from step d. is bottled. The invention as described in claim 1, characterized in that it concerns the production of a beverage consisting for the most part of the biologically certifiable water (H20) mentioned in claim 1, A liquid drink as stated in claim $, with the addition of organically certified nutrients and / or organically certified food minerals, and / or organically certified flavors, minerals and / or organically certified vitamins, optionally with the addition of carbonic acid, the so-called carbonization of a drink. regarding. The invention as described in claim 1, characterized in that the invention also concerns the preparation of drinks other than drinking water, in particular the preparation of beer that can be certified as "organic". This by adding organically certified nuirients and nutritional minerals, organically certified hops, flavors and vitamins, possibly with the addition of carbon dioxide. : The invention as described in claim 1, characterized in that it under ¢. said “concentrate” is used for the manufacture of “organic” certified food supplements or food concentrates which are suitable for human consumption and / or used in the manufacture of animal feed.