| CPC C12G 1/02 (2013.01) [A23L 2/04 (2013.01); A23L 2/10 (2013.01); A23N 1/00 (2013.01); B01D 15/1828 (2013.01); C13B 20/148 (2013.01); B01D 2215/023 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. A method of processing grape juice, the method comprising:
providing as inputs to a simulated moving bed (SMB) device a feed stream and an eluent stream, the feed stream comprising a grape juice, the eluent stream comprising a low brix juice having a sugar content less than or equal to about 3 degrees Brix;
receiving as outputs from the SMB device an extract stream and a raffinate stream, the extract stream comprising a high-sugar grape juice having a sugar content from about 15 degrees Brix to about 30 degrees Brix and the raffinate stream comprising a low-sugar grape juice having a sugar content from about 0.5 degrees Brix to about 6 degrees Brix; and
providing the low-sugar grape juice to a process for making low-alcohol wine having an alcohol by volume (ABV) concentration from about <0.5% to about 13%.
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