METHOD FOR PREPARING A PRODUCT COMPRISING HIGH AMOUNT OF NATURALLY OCCURING VITAMIN C

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a plant product comprising at least 0.05% vitamin C on a dry-matter basis, the method comprises the steps of: (i) providing the plant material; (ii) optionally, washing the plant material with a washing liquid; (iii) freezing the plant material to a temperature below 0˚C, providing a frozen plant material; (iv) subjecting the frozen plant material to a coarsely chopping process, providing a coarsely chopped and frozen plant material; (v) subjecting the coarsely chopped and frozen plant material to an aqueous extraction solution, providing a liquid coarsely chopped and chilled plant material; (vi) wet grinding the liquid coarsely chopped and chilled plant material, providing the plant product comprising vitamin C; wherein the vitamin C present in the plant product is the vitamin C naturally occurring in the plant material.