Clarified Apple Juice Concentrate

1. Product Description: Clarified Apple Juice Concentrate is prepared from fresh, sound and properly mature apples which go through the following technological process including washing, sorting, crushing, pressing, pasteurization, enzymatic treatment, ultra-filtration and evaporation etc.  It is used mainly in the production of packet juice beverage drinks and as an ingredient in the production of various food and beverage products such as soft drinks, cider, yoghurt and candies.

2. Sense Requirement

Color                 Straw yellow or drak red turning jot dark after setting for a long time.

Aroma/Flavor       The juice should have normal apple flavor and aroma, no peculiar smell.

Appearance         Clarity, no sedimentation and suspension.

Impurity               Macroscopic impurity not allowed.

3. Physica

Brix(20 Refraction)              70.0-71.0

Acid                                  ≥0.7%

PH                                    3.2-4.3

Color(T440nm  11.5Bx)       ≥40%

Clarity (T625nm 11.5Bx)     ≥95%

Turbidity11.5Bx  NTU         ≤5.0

Amino-nitrogen                  ≥42mg/100g

Copper                             ≤5.0mg/kg

Lead                                 ≤0.2mg/kg

Arsenic                             ≤0.1mg/kg

Pectin                               Negative

Starch                               Negative

Patulin                               <50ppb    

4. Microbiological  

TPC (cfu/ml)                    ≤100

Yeast/Mould(cfu/ml)         ≤20

Coliform(cfu/100ml)          ≤3

ATB(cfu/ml)                     ≤1

Pathogenic bacteria         Negative 

5. Package 

(1)275kg steel drum outside, aseptic bag inside,Storage at 0~5 or-18

(2)Marked Product name/Type/Quantity/Manufacture/DOM etc

(3)Other packages: the special requirement up to customers demand.