Guest guest Posted March 23, 2003 Report Share Posted March 23, 2003 Something that has been worrying me of late is Orange Juice. Is all OJ okay? I read somewhere it's filtered through gelatine or such. Does anyone know? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.438 / Virus Database: 246 - Release 07/01/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 31, 2003 Report Share Posted March 31, 2003 don't know about the filters used in the finishing process... but : " The pulpy juice next goes through a finisher <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/finish.html> (screen) where the pulp and seeds are removed, which, along with the peel, is diverted to be used for by-products <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/dryer.html> , such as cattle feed <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/mill.html> . From this point, the juice may either go directly into a pasteurizer in the case of Not From Concentrate (NFC), or it goes on to the evaporators <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/evap.html> where most of the water is taken out of the juice by vacuum and heat, then chilled, to yield frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ). This process also strips out certain essences and oils. The concentrated juice, about 65° brix <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/conc.html> , is then piped to the tank farm <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/tank.html> where concentrate is stored at about +10° F, separated by variety and ratio (brix to acid) range. " " When ready to ship frozen orange concentrate to a customer, such as a juice packager, the concentrate is blended from the various tanks to meet the specifications of the customer and meet USDA requirements. Essences and oils <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/oil.html> (recovered in the processing process) are also added back to enhance the flavor. This blending process is how juice made from concentrate, FCOJ, has a more consistent quality year round than fresh juice or NFC. The FCOJ (at about 65° brix) is either put into 55-gallon drums and shipped in a refrigerated truck, or is loaded onto a special food-grade insulated tanker truck <http://members.aol.com/citrusweb/pictures/tanker.html> and delivered to a packaging plant. (Some Florida processing plants also have packaging plants at the same site. Many dairies around the country also package orange juice using the same equipment used to package milk). To make cans of frozen concentrate, filtered water is added back to bring the brix level down to 42° (about 3 times more concentrated than fresh juice). For chilled reconstituted (recon) ready-to-serve (RTS) orange juice, filtered water is added to bring the brix down to about 11.8°, the average of fresh squeezed juice. It is then put up into cardboard cartons, glass, or plastic jugs to be sold at the retail store. All FCOJ, Recon, and NFC forms of orange juice are always pasteurized before it reaches the consumer to protect from contamination. " i worked in a dairy before i was vegan ... (maybe one of the reasons i became one ...) ... and they packaged freshly squeezed OJ in a separate facility... tho i don't know if all parts of the lines were separate... Rowan McCartney [be99rnm] Sun 23/03/2003 13:35 Cc: OJ Something that has been worrying me of late is Orange Juice. Is all OJ okay? I read somewhere it's filtered through gelatine or such. Does anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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