How and from what is reconstituted juice made? - The Village - The Village. Technology for the production of concentrated juices

Indeed, Goodini is a blend of reconstituted juices. Our partners around the world grow local fruits and vegetables. Juice is squeezed immediately after harvesting - to preserve the original taste of fresh fruits, as well as vitamins and other useful substances. Then, in a gentle mode, water is evaporated from the juice - it takes up to 50% of the volume, depending on which fruit the drink is made from. Only water is removed: minerals, vitamins, particles of pulp - everything important remains in place. This is how concentrated juice is obtained from the freshest, freshly harvested fruits and vegetables. By consistency, it is similar to honey, if we are talking about, for example, orange juice. Or on mashed potatoes, if we are talking about plum juice.

What's next

Concentrated juice is poured into aseptic barrels with a volume of 200 liters, less often - into tanks. And then they are sent to Moscow for the production of Ochakovo. Here we restore the concentrated juice. We add to it exactly as much water as was withdrawn during the manufacture of concentrated juice. We pre-purify the water and balance the composition of salts at our own water treatment station. It was designed and manufactured for us by the German company Chriwa Wasser-Aufbereitungstechnik GmbH. What was taken away - exactly what was returned to the juice back. No homework, tap water or sugar. Yes, we do not add sugar to juices, because we restore only high-quality concentrates from ripe fruits and vegetables. The taste of Goodini is so rich due to the natural sugars that are originally found in ripened fruits.

Why is it so

The freshness of taste and benefits are preserved better if the fruits are processed immediately after harvest. They do not deform during transportation and do not deteriorate during storage. In addition, it is cheaper: if you carry whole fruits, the juice will turn out to be unreasonably expensive due to the fact that the cargo is too bulky, heavy and perishable.

We get concentrated juices from different cities and countries from selected suppliers. Citrus fruits - from Brazil, juicy tomatoes - from Chile, beets - from Germany, and cherries and apples - from the Oryol, Tambov and Lipetsk regions. One thing is invariable: concentrated juice is prepared from freshly picked ripe vegetables and fruits. This is important for us, so we do not use cheap concentrated juices from China.

Drink to your health!

A huge number of people buy and drink juice from packages, but most do not know the answer to the question of how and what it is actually made of. As with instant coffee, there are many questions about reconstituted juice that only producers know the answers to. How natural is it and what is added to it besides the fruits or vegetables themselves? What does “reconstituted” juice generally mean, how exactly is it produced and what are its features? We deal with the R&D manager of PepsiCo juice raw materials (Juices Tropicana, J7, Gold, Orchard, Tonus, Ya, Northern Berry, Hello, Miracle Berry, Beloved) ) Inna Oshmarina.

Selection of fruits and the first stage of production

We buy ready-made concentrated juice, since we cannot produce it ourselves: there is no required quantity and variety of fruits. We work with trusted suppliers who grow our fruit on plantations and process it at a plant in close proximity to reduce delivery time and maintain the quality of the juice. For it, special varieties of fruits are used - with greater juiciness.

After sorting, the fruits are thoroughly washed and sent for pressing in special machines. Part of the water is removed from freshly squeezed juice using evaporation technology and concentrated juice is obtained. Outwardly, it resembles a thick viscous liquid, similar in consistency to liquid honey or fruit puree. It is made in order to simply transport it over long distances, otherwise the juice cannot be stored.

Quality is controlled in several stages: checking fruits, berries or vegetables for several indicators, starting with visual (ripeness and freshness, compliance with size standards) and ending with laboratory ones, that is, according to physical and chemical indicators; control of the finished concentrated juice for microbiological and organoleptic (taste, color, smell) indicators - the product must comply with food safety requirements, specifications. For example, if it is indicated that the juice is clarified, they check how much.

Concentrated juice can be of two types depending on the feedstock: thicker (mashed potatoes) and more liquid (juice). To transport puree, it is packaged, frozen and kept at a low temperature during transportation; the juice is packaged and not frozen, but only placed in a chamber with a cool temperature. After that, the concentrate is sent to our Lebedyansky plant.

As for the evaporated water, it is used at further stages: first, at the time of evaporation, aromatic substances are obtained from it, which are cooled, due to which they become water again, packaged and transported along with the concentrate. At the next (our) production, already at the moment of diluting the juice with water, they are returned back.

Second stage of production

Our production starts directly from concentrated juice. The juice needs to be reconstituted so that the proportions of the concentrate and water correspond to the original version (hence the name of the juice - “restored”), are balanced, so for each juice - apple, orange, grape, and so on - there are water proportions. In addition, the proportion depends on the variety and region of fruit growth - this is the main difference between the same orange juices from different brands (for example, oranges from Brazil are very different from oranges from Italy). It also matters whether the juice is clarified or with pulp.

Along with water, aromatic substances obtained at the initial stage during the evaporation of water from the juice are added to the concentrated juice.

Water

The water used in the production process undergoes special treatment and purification. It is extracted from natural wells and is purified by filters in several stages before entering production. For example, coal - to ensure compliance with standards for organoleptic indicators, that is, to exclude any extraneous tastes and odors. Then the water is purified from salts, which in content exceed the limit set by the standards for juices.

Heat treatment and packaging

Next, the juice is subjected to gentle heat treatment, that is, rapid heating to 95 degrees for 30 seconds (product pasteurization), and rapid cooling before bottling. This process allows, on the one hand, to make the product safe in terms of microbiological indicators, and on the other hand, to preserve the maximum of vitamins and minerals.

After that, aseptic (without air access) packaging of juice takes place on special filling machines in a combined multi-layer package. This technology ensures a long shelf life even at room temperature (for a sealed J7 juice bag, the shelf life is approximately one year). If you opened the package, then the juice must be consumed within a day: when you open the package, live microflora from the air of the room where it is stored gets into the juice, so it cannot be stored for a long time.

juice and nectar

There are two types of reconstituted juices: 100% and nectars. In one hundred percent, there can be nothing superfluous, only concentrated juice and the amount of water that is necessary to replenish the initial balance of the liquid; We also indicate the composition on the packaging - this is a legal requirement. A little more water is added to nectar concentrated juice (its share here is usually from 20 to 50%) than was originally in the juice in order to achieve the most suitable consistency for consumption. In addition, sugar or sugar syrup or acidifiers are added (despite the content of their own acids in fruits, they are not always enough), for example, citric or tartaric acid (in the composition it is referred to as “acidity regulator”). This applies to fruits from which you cannot make juice without adding additional ingredients due to their high acidity (lemon, passion fruit) or pulp density (peach, mango, apricot, banana).

The same with cherries: it will simply be impossible to drink the juice from it, since it is very sour, so they make nectar. It happens like this: natural concentrated juice (and sometimes fruit puree) goes into large containers of the blending shop, sugar syrup goes there in accordance with the recipe. After blending (in this case, dilution with water), the finished product is again controlled by the plant's laboratory for compliance with organoleptic and physico-chemical parameters and enters the bottling line.

After bottling the nectar into bags, the product from each batch is selected for another quality check - the finished product. In addition, several packages of juice from each batch are selected for storage in a special storage - if necessary, in the future, you can always check the quality of the product from a particular batch.

The difference between juices from different manufacturers

As I have already said, the main difference between the same orange juices from different brands is the variety and region of fruit growth. For some juices, fruits are chosen sweeter, for others - sourer. For example, Russian apples are more acidic than those from southern European countries, but consumers have different tastes, and we try to take them into account. Everything depends on the variety: taste, saturation, color, density. Dyes are not added to any juices. Saturation is regulated by water, taste - by sugar or acidifiers. The amount of concentrated juice should be at least 20%. Also, the juice can be clarified or left with pulp. According to these parameters, juices differ.

About direct juices

Direct-pressed juices are present on the Russian market in very small quantities, usually they are produced by small companies. In our conditions, it is very difficult to do this, especially in large quantities: we need plantations close to production and summer almost all year round. But there are countries, such as the United States, where, on the contrary, most juices are first-pressed, since there is no problem of transporting fruits to production.

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We are on GW. The child is 5 months old. Came today from the clinic, upset. Low hemoglobin, 97. Appointed to inject juice. And for some reason they were surprised that there was enough milk. And what does the juice have to do with it, I still don’t understand, the doctor herself said that this does not raise hemoglobin. The drugs have not yet been prescribed, we will retake the analysis (it has been done for a long time). Help advice.

Below Marfushenka asked about purchased juice, but I had such a question: if juice from fresh fruits is squeezed through a juicer, then it can not be diluted ?! Something a cockroach wound up with me ... Looking at the night :-)))

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I don’t know what kind of juice you get from a juicer, but the one that my grandmother used to make from her apples is impossible to drink in its pure form, it is too concentrated. juice from the package compared to it - some water.

The first few times it is better to breed, look at the reaction. But the daughter does not like rich freshly squeezed juices, we dilute her 50/50

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A very useful article. We began to try juices from 3 months. We started with apple freshly squeezed drop by drop. I heard a lot about ready-made children's juices. I was very afraid that the child would have an allergy. All the same, these juices undergo special processing, which can not be done at home. At first they decided to introduce the clarified juice of the WINNY apple, then they began to try with the pulp. The reaction was normal. Favorite apple-peach. We also tried Frutonyanya. In general, children's juices are convenient, the main thing is that the child does not have allergies.

I listened to my grandmother's advice and at the age of three months gave the child apple juice. Problems started with the stomach (bloating), allergies ... Still, juice is not the product that should be introduced so early. I liked the article.

29.08.2008 22:53:51, Alena

Quality water for baby food. The need for drinking in infants with mixed and artificial feeding.

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And we are already almost three, on artificial nutrition since 4 months. So the water from the tap leaves much to be desired, I bought the water "Legend of Baikal Children's Formula" (I accidentally saw it in the store) and began to cook baby food on this water. And until now, it does not accept anything except this water, it is so soft, pleasant, plus, in addition, the content of natural oxygen in it is increased and enriched with iodine and fluorine, which is important for our kids.
We drink and advise everyone!!! Contact me, I will write in which stores you can buy it.

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Juices with pulp, as well as blended (mixed) juices, quench thirst much worse. However, they also contain fiber, pectin, fat-soluble, so their nutritional value is higher. Secret. In hot weather, diluted juice is best. The fact is that isotonic (close in concentration to blood plasma) drinks are absorbed faster and bring relief. Not recommended. Juice made from dry concentrate. Fermented milk products (****) Kefir, fermented baked milk, yogurt, curdled milk, including organic acids, perfectly quench thirst. In addition, they are quickly absorbed (by 91% in an hour, while milk is only by 32%). Some of them - for example, bifidokefir, bifidok - help ...

08/07/2017 07:15:31, shanechka

This is easy to explain: juices contain a lot of easily digestible sugars, which can cause obesity in sedentary children. In addition, juices take the place of other foods needed for growth, such as milk. Misconception 2: the juices in the packages are not natural The juice from the package is very real. It is usually prepared from a concentrate by simple dilution. First, they are condensed using a special gentle technology, transported in this form from the place of production to the place of bottling, and already there they are restored, adding good artesian water, and packaged. Juice alone is not enough. To properly develop teeth, children need to gnaw vegetables and fruits. Misconception 3: freshly squeezed is better Everything is not so simple....

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I just looked through the article. All juices are harmful, there is nothing natural in them. And you don’t have to look at the packages and stuff juices from 4 months! We started giving juices at 11 months, until a year and a half my daughter drank 400-500 ml a day. Then the immunologist said that juices contain a lot of sugar and salts, which is very harmful for the kidneys. I began to dilute it with water, and completely stopped giving. I cook compote from dried fruits and frozen berries, sometimes I just dilute my jam with water. A friend's son began to complain that it hurts to write. I drank juices and compote, they did not give water. The doctor said that it is necessary to drink water, juices cause urolithiasis. And in our daughter, a year after the appearance, all the upper teeth are covered with caries, 2o1 teeth almost collapsed. At the same time, she does not eat any sweets and does not know. Compote only. He also doesn't drink water. Now I will wean from compote, although I sweeten it all the time a little. I recently read that apple juice causes diabetes. The season of fresh berries and fruits will soon begin, it is better to give them to the baby. We have been giving all the berries since the year. My daughter loved it, even the strawberries. There was no allergy.

Use special drinking or filtered water to avoid all kinds of bacteria and viruses entering the body, better mineral low-mineralized (mineralization level 1-2 g / l), non-carbonated. Useful fresh juices without the addition of salt and sugar, better - diluted with water 1:1. It is necessary to dilute juices because they are quite aggressive for the gastric mucosa, in addition, they contain a lot of glucose. Moreover, even such juices should not be drunk more than a glass a day. You need to choose juices taking into account the region in which you live (a country apple is more useful than an imported orange). If you are allergic to any vegetables or fruits, juices from them are strictly prohibited, since juice is a kind of allergen concentrate. Herbal teas and...

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"So, with a lack of calcium, there is a desire to gnaw chalk or plaster"

10/11/2013 00:51:15, osokin

And I want to say about this that during my first pregnancy I was very obedient, I read all such articles and followed the recommendations. I have greatly reduced my meat consumption even though I am a big meat eater. She also obeyed the doctors and arranged fasting days during pregnancy. The result was a drop in gmeglobin to 90, and this was with a planned CS, then they could not raise it, barely to 100 before the operation.
IMHO, you need to eat what you want to drink, well, except for alcohol, it's understandable. Our body is not that stupid...

The use of a significant amount of strong tea due to the content of tannins in it can lead to constipation. The use of sweet carbonated drinks is undesirable: they contain caffeine and dyes, and sugar and carbon dioxide lead to indigestion, an increase in fermentation processes in the intestines. Limit yourself to the use of various juices from packages: these are, as a rule, diluted sugar-containing concentrates with the addition of preservatives. Both carbonated drinks and packaged juices, if consumed regularly, can cause allergic reactions. In relation to the unborn child, the use of strong alcoholic beverages, wines, beer is unacceptable, as this leads to a disruption in the functioning of the nervous system of the pregnant woman and the fetus, and, as a result, to a lag ...

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and what if I don’t feel like drinking at all, I didn’t drink much before pregnancy, and now I don’t drink at all, my heart beats frantically from tea, but I don’t like water, well, it doesn’t fit me. Is it possible to save yourself with fruits?

07/05/2009 10:00:25, Yulia Pestova

06/21/2008 04:24:36 AM

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Is it with sugar? Then it's better not to. We started drinking juices from a year ago and those without sugar. You can cook compote from the same apples and pears.

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How often do people, when buying juice in a store, pay attention to the inscription “reconstituted”? And who thought at least once about what, in fact, it was restored from? And in general - what are juices made of, the consumption of which is increasing every year, because many have made it a rule to drink a certain amount of juice per day, considering this a sign of a healthy lifestyle?

There are so many questions that in most cases can be answered with only one answer - concentrated juice. It is from it (in most cases - in 90%) that all types of juices that we see in retail are made.

What is concentrated juice and what is it eaten with

Let's make a reservation right away - they don’t drink or eat concentrated juice, because this product is not for “direct consumption”. This is a blank in order to “restore” juice from it later. This is a concentrate of vegetables or fruits, which is obtained by evaporating excess liquid from freshly squeezed juice. How does this happen? During the harvest, berries, fruits or vegetables enter the factory, where they are washed, cleaned, crushed and juice is squeezed out of them under pressure. This is the freshly squeezed one. Further, this workpiece is evaporated to about half the volume, and the result is a concentrate - a thick and viscous consistency. Of course, this is a primitive description of the concentrated juice production process, but why do we need technological tricks when everything is clear anyway.

However, a juice factory is not a home kitchen where everything boils in pots. The fact is that the concentrate is evaporated at low pressure, which helps to preserve vitamins and microelements, which are so rich in all juices. And one more nuance - during the boil, a lot of essential oils evaporate, which do not go anywhere under factory conditions. They are caught by special traps and then added to the same juice to give it flavor. These substances are scientifically called "aromatic".

Then for a short time - less than a minute - concentrated juice brought to a temperature of 92 C to prevent microbiological spoilage - that is, simply fermentation. Then the juice waits either for clarification with the help of special filters, or it remains cloudy - it depends on its subsequent purpose.

After that concentrated juice waiting to be moved to special tanks, where it is stored until transported around the world - to where it will already be made into reconstituted juices or nectars. All containers for storage and transportation of juice have aseptic properties. Sometimes the juices are mixed together to create interesting flavor combinations for the enjoyment of consumers. Moreover, in one tank there may be an apple from China and a carrot from Israel, as well as pears from Turkey. Truly an international juice!

Fruit for the production of concentrated juice

A strange question - of course, where they grow. Moreover, juice producers know where the sweetest apples and the most tart cherries grow, as well as other characteristics of fruits and vegetables. Now we will know about it. For example, oranges for the most delicious orange juice are brought from Brazil and China. Sour apples grow in Russia, sweet apples are supplied by China, tomato juice concentrate by Turkey and Iran, red berry concentrate by Germany, and America supplies us with concentrates from multifruits and exotic fruits. Yes, these countries supply juice factories with fruit concentrates, because making concentrated juice where fruits grow is much more profitable than transporting tons of them to the factory. Moreover, the factories are closely monitoring in which countries a good harvest of certain fruits has been born in order to purchase high-quality semi-finished products for their production there. They get it frozen or hermetically sealed, and only then they get reconstituted juice from it. The whole process takes place in closed pipes and containers, huge tanks and on a conveyor, where the concentrates are diluted with water, enriched with additional additives, pasteurized and poured into packaging.

To get an even bigger picture of where we get concentrated juice, to name a few more countries: Thailand supplies pineapple concentrate, Cuba - orange, India - mango concentrate, Israel and Argentina supply lemon juice, Ecuador - banana puree, South Africa, Uzbekistan and Chile - apricot puree, Ecuador - passion fruit concentrate.

Concentrated Juice - Exchange Commodity, and many major juice producers buy it from large wholesale warehouses in Rotterdam. It is there that blending (mixing of different types) and blending (mixing in certain proportions) of concentrates is carried out in huge storage facilities, and they are brought to standard quality indicators.

Other manufacturers prefer to buy concentrates directly - where they are made. At the same time, the best concentrated juice is selected at the best prices, because any factory is interested in high-quality raw materials.

Here we come to a very interesting question: why are the prices for juices so different? Because the quality of the concentrated juice from which they are produced varies.

Specialists divide the concentrate into three categories:

juice of the first pressing is the best, it is called "premium"; juice with the presence of pulp is called "standard"; pulp with little juice present is called "pulp wash".

In the vast majority of cases, juice is made from a concentrate of the second category.

The benefits of concentrated juice

It is already clear that the usefulness of the juice that we buy in the store directly depends on how many useful substances are contained in the concentrated juice. Without going into details, we will refer to the words of the employees of one of the laboratories that works at the juice factory. They claim that all juices are very useful, because the finished mixture, which contains vitamins and trace elements, is additionally added to the concentrate. And the heating of the mass for its pasteurization occurs very quickly. So vitamins do not have time to collapse. As for such delicate vitamin C, which is destroyed even with slight heating, a solution has also been found here: acerola cherry concentrate is added to the juice. Why is it good? Vitamin C, contained in the cherry of this variety, is not destroyed even with prolonged heating. But not everything is so rosy, and when diluting and further working with the concentrate, some of the antioxidants and pectins disappear, so it would be wrong to say that this juice contains all the properties of fresh fruits.

Immediately there is a comparison of reconstituted juice with freshly squeezed, not in favor of the first. Experts give a clear answer to this: if you just squeezed the juice and drank it, then this is the most healthy drink. However, do you know how long this apple or orange lay in the warehouse, how long it traveled to you by sea or by land? After all, apples already 3 months after harvesting begin to lose their useful properties, oranges - after six months. In addition, freshly squeezed juices are made according to a technology that involves the collection of unripe fruits. Then they are ripened by processing with special substances, and then the juice is squeezed out of them. So it is unnecessary to say that this juice is more useful than reconstituted.

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The production of concentrated juices was invented for convenience, this is an intermediate phase between freshly squeezed juice and reconstituted juice that fills store shelves. The usefulness of such raw materials raises doubts among consumers. Are they justified?

Production technology

Juices can be divided according to the method of production and purpose into types: freshly squeezed, direct extraction, concentrated and reconstituted. To obtain concentrated juices, it is necessary to remove all excess water from freshly squeezed juice. Freshly squeezed - directly squeezed juice that has not undergone any processing. The production of concentrated juices is carried out in three ways:

Evaporation. The juice is placed in special vacuum trays and heated. Do not bring to a boil, so that all the beneficial properties of the juice are preserved. As a result of evaporation, a viscous, viscous mass is obtained, reminiscent of honey. Freezing. The opposite process to evaporation, excess water is not evaporated, but frozen out. Membrane method. The juice is passed through a perforated membrane that separates the water molecules from everything else.

After receiving the concentrate, it is either frozen or pasteurized and canned for further transportation to the final product manufacturing plant. Under proper storage conditions, it is good for 6 months to a year. Different fruits give different amounts of concentrate. Fruits harvested in different countries give different flavors to the concentrate. The same applies to the year of harvest and variety of fruits.

Specifications (GOST R 52185-2003)

The conditions for the production of concentrated juices are determined by the State Standard. Concentrated fruit juices, the technical conditions of which are met in accordance with the standards, become a safe raw material for further use. Here are the requirements for the raw materials used. The use of concentrated aromatic substances obtained from fruits of the same species is allowed. It is allowed to use imported raw materials with suitable GOST characteristics and safety indicators. It is not allowed to use natural and artificial dyes, flavors, preservatives, except for sorbic acid.

Packaging containers, consumer or transport, must be hermetically sealed, ensure the safety of products throughout the entire shelf life. Juices packed in glass containers must be protected from sunlight and light. Expiration dates and storage conditions are set by the manufacturer.

The marking must contain the name of the juice, the manufacturer, its location, net weight, method of consumption, nutritional value, expiration date, storage conditions, type of juice - clarified or not clarified.

What are juice concentrates for? Usage

Concentrated juices are not intended to be used as food. They are an intermediate product, a raw material. Reconstituted juices are made from them, which are then sold in stores, and also added to jelly, jam, and other products. When the juice is restored, it goes through the reverse procedure - water returns to it. The recovery technology includes several stages, the concentrate is rapidly heated, then it is also rapidly cooled, sterile pure water, sugar or other sweeteners are added, as well as natural aromatic substances lost during the concentration process.

This is how the well-known juice is obtained, which can be bought at any store. In terms of its qualities, it is no different from straight-pressed juice, it has the same properties and a set of vitamins. Why use such a complex process? Concentrated juices take up less space than freshly squeezed juices, making them easier to transport and store. This technology facilitates transportation from other countries. Another plus is that the concentrate can be stored for a long time, while retaining all the useful properties.

Classification

Concentrated juices are produced from various fruits in the countries where these fruits grow. This happens for obvious reasons - it's easier and cheaper. For Russia, the state standard defines a list of names of concentrated fruit juices: lingonberry, cherry plum, raspberry, cherry, pear, sea buckthorn, strawberry, apple, blueberry, grape, blueberry, cranberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, plum, cherry, chokeberry, redcurrant.

According to the manufacturing method, concentrated juices are divided into clarified (freed from all solid particles until transparent) and non-clarified (with suspensions). According to the canning method, concentrated juice can be frozen at a temperature not higher than -18 degrees, sterilized, unsterilized.

Apple juice

The production of apple juice begins with the collection of raw materials - fruits of a certain variety. In production, cleaning, quality control of fruits and removal of spoiled apples are carried out. By pressing, directly squeezed juice is obtained, from which a concentrate will be prepared. Concentrated apple juice is mainly produced by evaporation. First, it is placed in a centrifuge, where it is cleaned of suspensions. Then it is heated in a special installation, the juice loses 15% of the water of the total volume and the aromatic substances contained in it, which are separately concentrated and packaged. The remains of raw materials without aromatic substances are clarified with enzymes, then passed through filters to obtain clear juice, then evaporated to obtain 70% dry matter.

Apple juice concentrate has a rich chemical composition. It contains the amino acids leucine, valine, lysine, serine, alanine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, asparagine, threonine, aminobutyric, aspartic, glutamic acids. It has a large amount of monosaccharides, but most of all it contains amine nitrogen.

Lemon juice

Lemons do not produce concentrates like other fruits. The so-called concentrated lemon juice is in liquid form and is produced and sold by several businesses for home use in miniature plastic packages. Due to its taste, lemon juice is used in small quantities, and it makes no sense to make a thick concentrate out of it and transport it in huge tanks.

Fresh lemon already contains highly concentrated juice. It is impossible to use it undiluted, it will cause irritation of the mucous membranes of the digestive organs and damage to tooth enamel, as it contains organic acids. Lemon juice is used in cooking as a dressing for salads, seasoning for meat or fish.

Grape juice

Juice is squeezed from fresh grapes, which is filtered until a transparent raw material is formed. From the resulting clarified juice, a concentrate is obtained in special apparatuses under vacuum. This method retains all the beneficial properties of grapes. The resulting concentrate is placed in a metal or glass container for storage or transportation. It should be stored at a temperature not exceeding 20 degrees.

Concentrated grape juice is used not only for subsequent recovery, but also in the production of wine, soft drinks, confectionery and dairy industries.

Store juice myths

There is an opinion that packaged juices are not natural and are produced using preservatives or other chemicals. Having understood the production technique, which is actually simple and understandable, we can conclude the opposite: this is nothing more than a myth. Concentrated juices are a natural semi-finished product. Water is removed from it only for the convenience of transportation between countries. And when restored, it is added back, the juice acquires its original form with virtually no loss of useful components. The only permitted preservative in juices - sorbic acid - is safe for humans. Also, aseptic packaging without the use of preservatives for up to a year helps to preserve the freshness of the juice. In addition, juices restored from concentrate retain all the benefits of the fruits from which they are made.