MUMBAI, India, June 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641070858 A) filed by Chenna Kesava Reddy Sangati; and Sucharitha Kumaram Venkata on June 07, 2026, for The Manufacturing Process Of “fruit-Pops”-A New Technology For Making Of Formed Fruit Chocolate Like Products From Dehydrated Fruit Chunks.
Inventors include Manjula Bayappa; Venugopal Bandaru; Nazma Hafeeza. S; Bharathi Ravula; Veena. B; Vijaya Kumar Bathal; Amala Barpati; Chethana V Chalapathy; Shruti Awasthi; Naveen Kumar Boya; Pavan Kalyan Kokkiligadda; G. Darshan Balaji; Chandrageedhani. C; and Venkat Kiran Arepalli.
The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.
Abstract: The present invention relates to “fruit-pops”, a healthy chocolate like products formed from dehydrated fruit chunks. The present invention more particularly relates to a process for manufacturing fruit-pops from dehydrated fruit chunks. The process for manufacturing fruit-pops, comprising: selecting fruits based on predetermined maturity indices; subjecting the fruits to pre-treatment; preparing fruit chunks by slicing, pitting and/or de-seeding; treating the fruit chunks with a 1% salt solution; drying the fruit chunks on perforated stainless-steel trays in a cabinet tray drying at 45°C for 48 hours; periodically spreading the fruit chunks during drying; subjecting the dehydrated fruit chunks to forming and moulding using pre-designed dies; applying compression force to obtain shaped products; separating the shaped products from the dies; packing the products; and storing the packed products under cool and dry conditions. The fruit-pops are prepared from dehydrated fruit chunks without addition of additives and provide a chocolate-like product having soluble, digestible and edible fiber with nutraceutical utility. The present invention provides the fruit- pops comprising soluble, digestible and edible fibre. The fruit-pops resemble chocolates and are easy to consume.
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