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By: Sayed Mohammad Naim KHALID April 2012
Pomegrate Processing Fresh Cut Juice
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Introduction
Pomegranate with scientific name of (Punica granatum L.; Punicaceae)
Its pulp is produced in huge amounts in many parts of the world ; production of this by- product exceeds 120,000 t/year.
The pomegranate pulp by- product consists mainly of peels, stems, and seeds and s for about 400-450 g/kg of the weight of the Pomegranate processed into sauce, concentrate and juice
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Reception Fresh pomegranate are recieved from the contract famers
Pomegranates are fed to the plant from the outside concrete tank or direclty from cases or bags
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Washing
Disinfection is also done at this stage Due to huge quantity pomegranate are washed by immersion
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Sorting
Size sorting is done by machine
Quality sorting notably for decayed and affected products manual sorting is done
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Desheling The shell and grains are mechanically separated
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Drying
Grains are relatively dried by air before packaging
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Filling and weighing
The weighing take place and the packages are filled in
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Sealing
The packages are sealed to prevent further drying and contramination
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Final packages product
The product should be packaged in bright and perforated packs
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Overviw of the line
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Juice produciton
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Reception
Fresh Pomegranates are fed to the plant from the outside concrete tank or directly from cases or bags.
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Washing
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Sorting
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Desheling
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Membrane press
This improves the juice quality substanAally as the product has a strongly reduced contaminaAon with tannin and seed fragments.
The squeezing system we supply is a membrane press, which has the big advantage of providing a very so? pressing.
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Filtration AddiAonal clarificaAon can be achieved by a plate filter.
The colloidal and mucilaginous substances in the pomegranate juice are taken out by vacuum rotaAng filters with Kieselguhr pre-‐coat.
As alternaAve to the vacuum filter ultrafiltraAon can be used.
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Concentration
View of a plate evaporaAon group, double effect model.Capacity: 2.000 l/h of evaporated water.
Flashterm -‐ Plate evaporators designed for the treatment of clear or low viscosity juices. This concentra
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Sterilisation
Sterilflash -‐ Plate sterilizers designed for the steriliza
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Aseptic filling
FILLING IN CONSUMER BAGSIn coopera
C.A.F. -‐ Compact Asep
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References
http://www.orbitrail.net/pomegranates.html (13,04,12)
http://www.bertuzzi.it/cms/index.php? option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=63 (13,04,12)
http://ressources.ciheam.org/om/pdf/a42/00600278.pdf ( 15,04,12)