#TREETOP APPLE JUICE INGREDIENTS SERIES#

Suspended solids remaining in the juice are removed through microfiltration as the fluid is pumped through a series of ceramic membranes. The Juice is clarified in a second centrifuge, this one turning at 6,500 RPM and 5,000 Gs. There is virtually no waste from Tree Top’s processing system. After additional processing, the remaining fruit solids are sold for a variety of uses, including food ingredients for human consumption and feed for cattle. As the juice is separated, the solids are extracted from the decanter in a multistage process. Here a powerful centrifuge spins the pieces at a dizzying 4,000 revolutions per minute, generating a force 4,000 times greater than gravity. The decanter is where juice is separated from solids. Reduced to bite-sized fragments, the apples are then conveyed by auger and pump to the decanter. Here the apples are broken into small pieces under the force of whirling, half-inch-thick blades. CHOP, SPIN and DECANT: A conveyor moves the fruit to the disintegrator, which is much like a large and powerful blender. The four-stage wash includes banks of high-pressure nozzles that help make the fruit squeaky clean. WASH, WASH, WASH and Again: Fifty tons of apples every hour are washed in a huge rotary drum. After passing inspection, bins of apples are then sent to our juicing plant where they are unloaded for sorting and several rounds of cleaning before the juice making begins. The ability to receive fresh fruit year around allows us to maintain enough juice production throughout the year to meet customer demand.ĭuring juice production, special trucks capable of hauling stacked apple bins arrive continually to our weigh-in and inspection stations where every bin is accounted for and reviewed by a quality control expert. Controlled atmosphere storage simply suspends the apples in a state of freshness by “putting them to sleep” with reduced temperatures and controlled oxygen levels until they are ready for our growers to delivery to the fresh market (grocery stores, etc.) or to us for pressing into juice or making into fruit ingredients. To maintain apple freshness until we can get to every bin, controlled atmosphere storage is used. From mid-September through December we operate around the clock to bottle as much pure juice and concentrate as possible. We receive fresh fruit from at our strategically located facilities in central Washington from more than 900 of our apple growers and their warehouses in the region. GET APPLES FROM FARM TO BOTTLE QUICKLY: During apple harvest each year, Tree Top’s juice production is at its peak.

We carefully select our apple varietal blend for the right balance between sweet and tart for a refreshing and delicious apple taste families prefer.Īs a cooperative of growers with the majority of our orchards in Washington state renowned for its apples, we believe it’s the fertile hills and valleys and excellent growing climates in the Pacific Northwest that allow us to grow the best apples and in turn produce some remarkable premium apple juice. No matter the variety we’ve chosen, you can be assured it was grown in the United States by one of our growers we know and trust.

Apple varieties are different from one another and in the United States there are more than 2,500 varieties. APPLE VARIETIES: Making a great apple juice requires the right selection of fruit we control from bloom to bottle. See the Good in All We Make – Tree Top Apple Juice from bloom to bottle

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Treetop apple juice ingredients