US 11,839,229 B2
Short-term wash treatment of produce
James M. Brennan, Pleasanton, CA (US); Danny Elmer Lindstrom, Rio Vista, CA (US); Christopher Michael McGinnis, Salinas, CA (US); and Eric Child Wilhelmsen, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to SMARTWASH SOLUTIONS, LLC, Salinas, CA (US)
Filed by SMARTWASH SOLUTIONS, LLC, Salinas, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/056,124.
Application 15/945,176 is a division of application No. 15/208,927, filed on Jul. 13, 2016.
Application 18/056,124 is a continuation of application No. 17/169,006, filed on Feb. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,528,930.
Application 17/169,006 is a continuation of application No. 15/945,176, filed on Apr. 4, 2018, granted, now 10,939,697, issued on Mar. 9, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/264,456, filed on Dec. 8, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0146094 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. B08B 3/04 (2006.01); A23N 12/02 (2006.01); A23B 4/12 (2006.01); A23B 7/10 (2006.01); A23L 3/3454 (2006.01); C11D 11/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/08 (2006.01); A23B 4/24 (2006.01); B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01); C11D 7/08 (2006.01); C11D 7/26 (2006.01)
CPC A23N 12/02 (2013.01) [A22C 17/08 (2013.01); A23B 4/12 (2013.01); A23B 4/24 (2013.01); A23B 7/10 (2013.01); A23L 3/3454 (2013.01); B08B 1/002 (2013.01); B08B 3/042 (2013.01); B08B 3/08 (2013.01); C11D 7/08 (2013.01); C11D 7/261 (2013.01); C11D 7/265 (2013.01); C11D 11/0064 (2013.01); A23V 2002/00 (2013.01); Y02A 40/90 (2018.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of washing a food product, the method comprising:
applying, using a short-term wash device, a short-term wash treatment solution to the food product;
applying, using a wash device coupled to the short-term wash device, a wash treatment to the food product after applying the short-term wash treatment solution to the food product, wherein:
the short-term wash treatment solution is applied to the food product for a shorter duration than the wash treatment is applied to the food product;
the short-term wash treatment solution is chemically different from the wash treatment; and
the short-term wash treatment solution applied to the food product comprises an acidulant and propylene glycol.