Pasteurized juice formed from raw cannabis
Pasteurized juice products formed from raw cannabis are provided. First, a cannabis juice purée having a particular cannabinoid profile is formed. Next, the cannabis juice purée is pasteurized without decarboxylating any cannabinoids in the cannabis juice purée thereby obtaining a pasteurized cannabis juice purée. In one example, the pasteurizing is performed using flash pasteurization, such as a High Temperature Short Time (HTST) pasteurization process. The flash pasteurization process neutralizes pathogens such as bacteria and parasites. Next, the pasteurized cannabis juice purée is packaged into a container thereby obtaining a packaged pasteurized cannabis juice purée. The container is a food-grade bottled juice container, an ice pop container, or a juice cube container. The packaged pasteurized cannabis juice purée contains only non-decarboxylated cannabinoids. In other embodiments, additional cannabinoids are added before or after the HTST pasteurization process. In other embodiments, the packaged pasteurized cannabis juice purée includes decarboxylated cannabinoids.
1. A method comprising:
forming a cannabis juice purée by blending cannabis plant material of a cannabis plant, wherein all of the cannabis plant material is converted into the cannabis juice purée, wherein the cannabis juice purée has a cannabinoid profile, and wherein the cannabinoid profile includes non-decarboxylated cannabinoids;
pasteurizing the cannabis juice purée thereby obtaining a pasteurized cannabis juice purée; and
packaging the pasteurized cannabis juice purée into a container thereby obtaining a packaged pasteurized cannabis juice purée.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cannabinoid profile includes cannabidiolic acid (CBDa).
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cannabinoid profile includes a cannabinoid taken from the group consisting of: cannabigerolic acid (CBGa), cannabigerovarin acid (CBGVa), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa), tetrahydrocannabivarin carboxylic acid (THCVa), cannabidiolic acid (CBDa), cannabidivarin acid (CBDVa), cannabichrome carboxylic acid (CBCa), cannabichrome varinic acid (CBCVa), tetrahydrocannabivarin acid (THCVa), cannabinerolic acid (CBNa), cannabigerovarinic acid (CBNVa), and cannabicyclol acid (CBLa).
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cannabinoid profile includes a first cannabinoid and a second cannabinoid, wherein each of the first cannabinoid and the second cannabinoid is taken from the group consisting of: cannabigerolic acid (CBGa), cannabigerovarin acid (CBGVa), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa), tetrahydrocannabivarin carboxylic acid (THCVa), cannabidiolic acid (CBDa), cannabidivarin acid (CBDVa), cannabichrome carboxylic acid (CBCa), cannabichrome varinic acid (CBCVa), tetrahydrocannabivarin acid (THCVa), cannabinerolic acid (CBNa), cannabigerovarinic acid (CBNVa), and cannabicyclol acid (CBLa).
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cannabinoid profile includes of cannabidiolic acid (CBDa) and tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCa).
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pasteurizing is performed through flash pasteurization without decarboxylating cannabinoids in the cannabis juice purée, and wherein the container is selected from the group consisting of: a food-grade bottled juice container, an ice pop container that is frozen after depositing the juice purée into the ice pop container, or a juice cube container that retains at least once juice purée cube formed by depositing the juice purée into molds of a molding tray and freezing the molding tray.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pasteurizing is performed through a High Temperature Short Time (HTST) pasteurization process.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pasteurizing involves causing cannabinoids in the cannabis juice purée to decarboxylate.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adding cannabinoids having a second cannabinoid profile to the cannabis juice purée, wherein the adding occurs before the pasteurizing.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the cannabinoids that are added are taken from the group consisting of: decarboxylated high concentrate cannabis extract, non-decarboxylated high concentrate cannabis extract, and decarboxylated cannabis infusion.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
adding cannabinoids having a second cannabinoid profile to the cannabis juice purée, wherein the adding occurs after the pasteurizing and before the packaging.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the cannabinoids that are added are taken from the group consisting of: decarboxylated high concentrate cannabis extract, non-decarboxylated high concentrate cannabis extract, and decarboxylated cannabis infusion.
13. A packaged container comprising:
a pasteurized cannabis juice purée formed by blending cannabis plant material of a cannabis plant, wherein all of the cannabis plant material is converted into the pasteurized cannabis juice purée, and wherein the pasteurized cannabis juice purée juice has a cannabinoid profile.
14. The packaged container of claim 13 , wherein the pasteurized cannabis juice purée includes at least one non-cannabinoid component taken from the group consisting of: terpenes, fatty acids, amino acids, enzymes, vitamins, minerals, carotenoids, chlorophyll, flavonoids, and dietary fibers.
15. The packaged container of claim 13 , wherein the cannabinoid profile includes a cannabinoid taken from the group consisting of: cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), cannabigerovarin acid (CBGVA), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), tetrahydrocannabivarin carboxylic acid (THCVA), cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidivarin acid (CBDVA), cannabichrome carboxylic acid (CBCA), cannabichrome varinic acid (CBCVA), tetrahydrocannabivarin acid (THCVA), cannabinerolic acid (CBNA), cannabigerovarinic acid (CBNVA), and cannabicyclol acid (CBLA).
16. The packaged container of claim 13 , wherein the cannabinoid profile includes a first cannabinoid and a second cannabinoid, wherein each of the first cannabinoid and the second cannabinoid is taken from the group consisting of: cannabigerolic acid (CBGA), cannabigerovarin acid (CBGVA), tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), tetrahydrocannabivarin carboxylic acid (THCVA), cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), cannabidivarin acid (CBDVA), cannabichrome carboxylic acid (CBCA), cannabichrome varinic acid (CBCVA), tetrahydrocannabivarin acid (THCVA), cannabinerolic acid (CBNA), cannabigerovarinic acid (CBNVA), and cannabicyclol acid (CBLA).
17. The packaged container of claim 13 , wherein the pasteurized cannabis juice purée is formed using a High Temperature Short Time (HTST) pasteurization process.
18. The packaged container of claim 13 , further comprising:
decarboxylated high concentrate cannabis extract, non-decarboxylated high concentrate cannabis extract, or decarboxylated cannabis infusion.