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Material Data Sheet

Product: Apple – Medium Acid Concentrate

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

Description

This is the standard Apple Concentrate Clarified 70 Brix medium acid (malic acid 1.8 - 3.6 %w/w) product used in a wide variety of juice products.

Available in 25kg aseptic bags-in-boxes and 270kg aseptic drums.

This is a standard stock item held at our onsite UK warehouse.

Countries of origin for the fruit are Poland, Spain and France.

Technical spec product description: A pale yellow-brown coloured clear viscous liquid with a flavour and aroma characteristic of apple.

What is apple concentrate?
Apple concentrate is produced by removing water from freshly pressed apple juice. This achieved by evaporation under vacuum, which concentrates the natural sugars in the juice and makes it easier to store and transport.

How can this apple concentrate be used?
We suggest using 6 parts water to 1 part concentrate to return this to the original apple juice. It is an ideal ingredient for juice, cider or drink makers, and retains much of the original nutritional values of the apples.

Why choose apple juice concentrate?
Apple juice concentrate is a great alternative to not from concentrate (NFC) apple juice, for manufacturers who wish to be able to label products as containing ‘real fruit juice’. Whilst being more processed than NFC apple juice, it still remains free from additives and preservatives along with much of the same nutritional values as an NFC juice.
Apple juice concentrate can also be used as a sweetening ingredient, in place of sugar.

Is apple juice concentrate less healthy than NFC apple juice?
Unless sugar or preservatives are added, apple juice from concentrate is just as healthy as NFC apple juice. However, it should be noted that all fruit juices contain naturally occurring sugar and can be higher in calories than you may expect.

Why should I buy apple juice concentrate in bulk?
Bulk quantities of apple juice concentrate are easy to move and store. Because the water has been removed from the juice, it is a much smaller volume than NFC juice, and can be stored that way until you add the water back in. We can provide apple juice concentrate in both medium and low acid form.

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 in particular regarding the colour of red fruits.

Frozen Concentrate
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 pasteurised and concentrated to 50°Brix.

Comminute
Comminute is a whole fruit puree. All of the outer layers of the fruit are intentionally included 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.

Apple concentrate clarified 70Bx - medium acid basic spec

BRIXUncorrected°RS69.0 - 71.0
Corrected°BX69.34 - 71.67
ACIDITYMalic% w/w1.8 - 3.6
(CAA% w/w1.72 - 3.44)
COLOURAt s/s 420 nm x 1cma≤ 0.30
CLARITYAt s/sNTU≤ 5.0
MICROBIOLOGICALTVCcfu/gm≤ 100
Yeast & Mouldcfu/gm≤ 10
Coliformscfu/gmAbsent
PATULINAt s/sμg/Kg≤ 50
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