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> William R. Watt wrote:
>
>> I'd try a test batch. The seeds could fly out to the edges and
>> not get sliced up. There is a similar problem trying to "crush"
>> flax seed in a blender. They fly all over and don't get cut up.
>> My solution is to mix the seed with an equal amount of flour in
>> the blender. Don't know what the effect of mixing seed with a
>> liquid might be. I guess if they are small seeds it might not
>> matter but to get the goodness inside the seed they will likely
>> have to be cut open. In the case of flax seed the human digestive
>> system cannot crack them open so they pass through whole
>> retaining all their goodness for the municipal sewage system.
>>
>> If you then want to jell the mix (pectin?) there may be a problem
>> with skins and seeds remaining in suspension, ie settling to the
>> bottom of the container before the mixture jells. Commercial
>> processors have ways of keeping the solids in suspension while a
>> solution jells but I'm afraid I dont' know what they are.

They typically use quick-setting gums other than pectin. Guar,
xanthan, carageenan, Arabic and others.

My sense is that the mouthfeel would be unpleasantly gritty.

Pastorio

>>
>> Andrew ) writes:
>>
>>> I have an idea to make a berry juice concentrate that contains
>>> the skins and seeds of the berry. The reason I want to do this
>>> is because there are a lot of vitamins and antioxidents in the
>>> skin and seeds of the berries and I'd like to drink these too.
>>>
>>> I plan on using a blender to turn the berries into a puree
>>> (juice skin and seeds) and then add sugar and pasteurise the
>>> juice so that it lasts for 6 months after I bottle it.
>>>
>>> Has anyone ever done this? I guess one problem might be the
>>> fibres of the skin and seeds floating or sinking so that it
>>> doesn't look so good. I thought one way around this is to use a
>>> commercial pectin to hold the fibres in solution.
>>>
>>> Any ideas? Perhaps the skins will be mold forming - even though
>>> they will be cleaned thorougly? But if I pasteurise should be
>>> o.k right?
>>> Best wishes, Andrew