Fruit Juice Concentrates Production
Fruit Juice Concentrates production on industrial scale starts with the transportation of harvested fresh fruits to the fruit juice concentrates production facility. Fruits which are collected at the fruit juice concentrates production facility are first subjected to the pre-washing stage where gravel, sand and similar foreign materials are removed from the fresh fruits. After this stage; Rotten, mouldy and unripe fruits are selected and removed on the sorting belt and the second washing stage follows. After the second washing process, the inedible parts of the fruits like stones, sticks and peels are removed. After all these preparation stages of the fruit juice concentrates production; Selected fresh, clean, ripe and sound fruits are transferred to the milling process. The intermediate product, which is called the fruit mash is produced at this stage and fruit mash is then subjected to pressing process where the fruit juice is extracted out from the fruit mash. The extracted fruit juice after the pressing stage is then subjected to clarification and filtration processes respectively and finally the evaporation stage follows which is performed to produce the fruit juice concentrates at the desired concentration by heating the fruit juices in order to evaporate some part of the water inside. After all these stages, the fruit juice concentrates are then packed, through aseptic filling or cold filling, into PE bags in metal or plastic drums, in bins or into food tankers with specific volumes as per customer requirements and then the packed fruit juice concentrates are transferred to the storage area.
