Juice processing: from concentrate to bottle

摘要

Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director at HRS Heat Exchangers, discusses new solutions. Processing fruit and juice concentrates into finished bottled drinks is relatively straightforward, but to maximise the quality of the finished product, attention to detail is needed at every stage: from de-packing the raw material through to pasteurisation and onto the final aseptic packing process. While fruit juice concentrate is often delivered in bulk containers, juice for the production of high-quality not-from-concentrate (NFC) is supplied in frozen form to maintain quality and freshness. The juice is often supplied in lined 200-litre drums. While the drums themselves are convenient and easy to handle, the frozen concentrate requires breaking up and warming before it can be processed further and packaged.