Patent 7407678 was granted and assigned to Chi's Research Corporation on August, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of processing a vegetable that includes providing a vegetable composition having a first outer layer to which an enzyme is applied for a time that is sufficient to form an enzyme-degraded vegetable. The enzyme-degraded vegetable is capable of absorbing components, such as water, additives or enzymes that further process the vegetable.