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Material Data Sheet

Product: Aronia Concentrate

  • Product Group: Juices & Bases
  • Category: Concentrate
  • Type: Clarified
  • Nature: Natural

Description

Aronia is a genus of berries, known as chokeberries, from deciduous shrubs in the Rosaceae family. They are native to North America and are often found in wet woodland and swamps. Aronia’s flavour is tart and dry, with earthy undertones, with high tannins contributing to their astringency. They can be used in pies, juices, and tea, and are rich in fibre, vitamin C and immune-boosting antioxidants, that have anticancer properties.

Our aronia concentrate is made from 100% pure aronia berry juice. It is made by squeezing the flesh to extract the juice, before a clarification process which includes a combination of enzymatic pre-treatment followed by filtration of cloudy juices. Then it is heated, causing the water content to evaporate. The concentrate is then packaged, frozen as required and shipped before water is added to bring it back to regular juice form.

This smaller volume makes it much easier and more cost-effective to transport. It can be used in its concentrated form or restored to regular strength by re-adding water at the point of final processing.
Our clarified aronia is generally packed in 24kg aseptic bags-in-boxes or 265kg aseptic drums.

Technical spec product description: A dark red – purple-red coloured clear viscous liquid with a flavour and aroma characteristic of aronia.

Reasons to choose Gerald McDonald as your ingredient supplier

Quality Of Ingredients
Since our company was founded in 1917, it has been our mission to source and supply the finest quality ingredients, which we blend, grind, or mill to our customers’ specifications quickly and efficiently. Our prices reflect the quality of our ingredients, and we are happy to provide full information on where and how our ingredients are sourced. If you would like a sample for comparison, we are happy to provide this.

Accreditations
We are the largest independent juice supplier and blender in the UK with BRC ‘AA’ grade status, supplying ingredients to the food, drink, flavour and fragrance industries.

We also hold the following certificates:
• BRC Certificate 2021-2022
• Kosher Certificates for Juices and Spices 2021-2022
• Halal Juice Certificate 2021-2022
• Organic Certificate 2021-2022
• JAS Japanese Organic Standard Certificate

Delivery Schedules to suit you
Based in Basildon, England, we have excellent access to the UK ports of Felixstowe, Tilbury and the London Gateway.

Our purpose-built blending facilities and warehouses allow us to process, blend, store and deliver juices, concentrates, herbs, spices and essential oils to customers in the UK and worldwide. We have no minimum order quantity (MOQ).

We are not tied in with flavour houses or bottlers and can offer a unique service bespoke to each of our customers. Our dedicated customer support team offers individual points of contact for each customer, ensuring that our service is tailored to your requirements. Our extensive UK stocks mean we can handle urgent orders, often with very short delivery times

Expert Blending
We have a fully computer-controlled facility, allowing us to produce customised blends of concentrates and purees, in addition to other dry or liquid components such as flavours, colours, stabilisers, food acids and gums. Our range of mixing tanks with capacities of 1,000L to 26,000L all have stirrers, are on load cells and are manufactured from 316-grade stainless steel.

Hygiene and Cleanliness
We always maintain plant cleanliness and hygiene via fully automated CIP (Cleaning in Place) and SIP (Sterilisation in Place). There is also a dedicated station for cleaning returned IBCs.

Research and Development
Our strong worldwide supplier network means that we can offer a vast variety of products, with new and novel ingredients being sourced constantly.
In addition to a wide selection of ingredients, we also hold and supply a range of stock within one product area, offering clients access to both premium and high-volume options. Organic and Fairtrade ingredients are also available.

Customer Service
Our new product development team works with clients throughout the supply process and can match, optimise, and scale blends depending on client requirements. Our purpose-built blending facilities mean we can undertake trial blending work for clients in our laboratory or factory, all at no additional charge.
All our ingredients are from audited and GFSI-approved suppliers. We can also assist with any specific origin requirements you need.
Here is a glossary of industry terms for assistance.

Glossary

Aseptic Concentrate
Concentrate is heated to destroy any micro-organisms and is then filled into large sterile bags under aseptic conditions and sealed. It does not need to be stored frozen for micro-biological reasons but prolonged storage at high temperatures leads to a reduction in product quality regarding the colour of red fruits.

Frozen Concentrate
This generally refers to the product, which is not sterile and is stored below -15°C in drums and below -7°C in bulk.

Pulp Sediment Concentrate
In cloudy juices, particularly citrus, cellular matter will sediment during storage. The amount of sedimentation can be quantified by centrifugation of the juice under standardised conditions and then reading the resulting volume of sediment.

Puree
All of the juice and a large proportion of the fibrous matter naturally found in the fruit are maintained. The insoluble matter is broken up to pass through a fine sieve to produce a smooth liquid thicker than the juice equivalent. Puree is available as both a concentrate and single strength.

Clarified
Juices can be clear or cloudy. Clarified juices are prepared usually by a combination of enzymatic pre-treatment followed by filtration of cloudy juices. These clarified juices tend to be less flavoursome than their cloudy counterparts due to the extra processing.

Cloudy/Peel Extract
Cloudy concentrates are specialised citrus products manufactured by extracting de-oiled peel and pulp residues with hot water with the addition of pectolytic enzymes. The filtered, extracted cloudy liquid is then pasteurized and concentrated to 50°Brix.

Comminute
Comminute is a whole fruit puree. All of the outer layers of the fruit are intentionally included generally by mechanically processing them to a pulp like consistency and incorporating them with juice. Only citrus fruits are comminuted. Comminutes cannot be consumed directly but are used in the formulation of drinks primarily in citrus squashes. Comminute is declared on the pack as a mix of fruit/juice content or just fruit content.

Compounds
A blend of juices, flavours, colours, acids, stabilisers – often made for ease of use at soft drink production sites.

Packaging
Customer specific packaging upon request.

Our packaging options include:
Aseptic bags
Drums
Jerry cans
1000L rigid plastic IBCs
1000L aseptic bins

Tankers
In collaboration with our NPD, we are able to produce exclusive fruit mixes based on customer requests.

Please contact us for technical specifications, samples and further information.

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