Apple Peel Sweetener Composite for Low Glycemic Beverages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current sweeteners, such as refined sugars and artificial sweeteners, lack nutritional value and have high glycemic indices, making them unsuitable for health-conscious consumers, particularly those with diabetes, and often result in incomplete dissolution in beverages.
Innovation Solution
Combining dried apple peel powder and freeze-dried apple powder to create an apple-based sweetener that is fully or partially soluble, offering both nutritional benefits and sweetness, with adjustable ratios to balance nutrition and sweetness, and can be provided in powder or liquid form.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If traditional sweeteners (refined sugars and artificial sweeteners) are used, then sweetness is provided, but nutritional value is lacking and glycemic index is high
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines apple peel powder (rich in fiber and polyphenols) with freeze-dried apple powder (providing natural sweetness) to create a composite sweetener that delivers both nutritional benefits and sweetness while maintaining low glycemic impact. This composite approach allows the product to simultaneously provide vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants while avoiding the high glycemic index of traditional sugars.
2Ease of operation
If traditional sweeteners are used, then sweetness is achieved, but dissolution in beverages is incomplete
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs freeze-drying technology to transform apple material into a fine powder form that dissolves completely in beverages. The freeze-drying process preserves the natural sweetness compounds while creating a particle structure that facilitates complete dissolution, eliminating the undissolved residue problem associated with traditional sweeteners.
3Quantity of substance
If apple peel powder is used to increase nutritional content, then polyphenols and fiber are enhanced, but sweetness may be reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges apple peel powder (high in polyphenols and fiber but low in sweetness) with freeze-dried apple powder (high in natural sweetness) in specific ratios. This combination allows the final product to achieve both high nutritional content from the peel powder and adequate sweetness from the apple flesh powder, resolving the trade-off between nutrition and taste.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The apple-based sweetener provides a healthy, low glycemic index alternative to traditional sweeteners, ensuring complete dissolution and offering enhanced nutritional content and health benefits, suitable for various food and beverage applications.
Implementation Method 1
a freeze-dried apple powder
Data Source
AI summary
In accordance with aspects of the present invention, provided is an apple peel sweetener that can be used as an ingredient or condiment for food and beverages. The combination of dried apple peel powder and dried apple flesh or other sweetener can serve as a substitute for sugar or artificial sweeteners, as examples. The apple sweetener can provide improved health benefits, including a lower glycemic index when compared to other sweeteners.