METHOD FOR PRODUCING PINEAPPLE JUICE AND PINEAPPLE JUICE CONCENTRATE

摘要

The invention relates to a method for producing pineapple juice and pineapple juice concentrate with the aim of enhancing fruit juice yield and quality of the fruit juice produced in comparison to known methods. A first step of the inventive method comprises removing (1) the crown of leaves of the pineapples. The outer layer of the fruits is then frozen and the fruits are peeled (2-5). The peeled pineapples are then crushed into a wort (7, 8), homogenised (9), reheated (10) and finally their juice is extracted in a juice extracting unit (11). The produced juice is then pasteurised and conditioned (13, 14) or further processed into pineapple juice concentrate (15).