Defects
are discharged from the bottom end of hydrocyclone, while juice is sent to
another finisher that recovers pulp. Next stages are pasteurization and filling.(circa 50%).
Juice is usually refined through finishers that remove pulp from juice stream; this pulp may be recovered as a by-product both with FMC or Brown systems. The main aim is to obtain big size fruit cells that are retained from a 20 mesh screen and that should be able to float (floating pulp).
Both systems (and many others) are similar; juice from extractors goes through a paddle finisher that remove seeds ant other big size defects; then the juice is pumped in a hydrocyclone that separates embryonic seeds, black specs and other defects.
Defects
are discharged from the bottom end of hydrocyclone, while juice is sent to
another finisher that recovers pulp. Next stages are pasteurization and filling.(circa 50%).
The main use of pulp is in juice industry; it is mixed with concentrates to give body, mouthfeel and pulpy aspect to reconstituted juices and beverages because consumers are usually attracted by pulp containing products because they remember them home-made squeeze.
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