Apple Juice Processing Line

AGICO Apple Juicing Machine

Apples are among the most nutritious fruits in the world. They contain many vitamins, minerals, and natural sugars. Apple juice brings these benefits to consumers in a tasty and convenient way. It is popular among both children and adults. The global market now has strong demand for various types, including clear apple juice, cloudy apple juice, and NFC (Not From Concentrate) juice. People also prefer natural products with no additives.
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AGICO offers customized apple juice production lines to help you enter this growing market. Our equipment processes fresh apples efficiently while keeping their natural color, taste, and nutrition. We provide complete solutions that fit your needs, whether you supply local customers or sell products overseas. With AGICO, you can produce high-quality apple juice that meets international standards.

How to Extract Apple Juice?

Apple Juice Production Process

Apple juice is mainly divided into two types: clear juice and cloudy juice. Their process flows are similar, with differences only in key steps. The diagram below shows a typical production line flow:

Raw Material Sorting → Washing → Crushing → Juice Extraction → Pasteurization → (Homogenization OR Clarification/Filtration) → Blending → Filling and Sealing → Secondary Sterilization → Cooling

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Cloudy Apple Juice:

After pasteurization, it undergoes homogenization to refine pulp particles, prevent sedimentation, and maintain a cloudy state.

Clear Apple Juice:

After pasteurization, it undergoes enzymatic clarification and filtration to remove pectin and suspended solids, resulting in a clear and transparent juice.

Core Equipment of Apple Juice Production Line

Fruit Sorting Machine

Remove rotten, diseased, and mechanically damaged apples, ensuring only high-quality raw materials enter the production line. A manual trimming table is provided for removing local defects.

Stainless steel roller shafts convey the apples, making them rotate evenly for easy inspection by workers. Waste falls into a collection tank.

Technical Parameters of AGICO Fruit Sorting Machine

Fruit Bubble Washing Machine

Thoroughly clean the apple surface, removing sediment and pesticide residues to ensure hygiene and safety.

A high-pressure fan and water pump generate strong bubbles and water flow, causing apples to tumble and rub against each other in the water for efficient cleaning. An overhead spray device performs a final rinse.

Technical parameters of the fruit bubble washing machine

Fruit Elevator

Used to smoothly convey apples to the next process stage. The inclination angle is adjustable, allowing seamless connection with the washing machine, crusher, and other equipment.

Fruit Elevator
 

Spiral Crusher and Apple Juice Extractor

Structure: Hopper, crushing device, spiral main shaft, filter screen, juice collection port, pomace discharge port, pressure adjustment cone, etc.

Apples enter the hopper and are first crushed by high-speed rotating blades against a bottom blade into 2-5 mm particles. These particles then fall directly into the spiral juice extraction system. The spiral shaft's root diameter gradually increases, and the screw pitch decreases towards the pomace outlet. This reduces the conveying volume, creating strong squeezing pressure that forces out the juice. The juice flows through the filter screen into the collector, while the pomace is discharged through the gap between the adjustment cone and the spiral end.

Features

• Made entirely of stainless steel, meeting food hygiene standards.
• High juice yield, reaching 45%-65%.
• Suitable for various berries, pome fruits, and vegetables.
• Adjustable pomace outlet gap for flexible control of juice yield and quality.

Technical parameters

 

Apple Juice Pasteurization/Sterilization Equipment

Kills microorganisms and enzymes to ensure the safety of apple juice. Tubular sterilizers work well for cloudy apple juice with pulp, while plate UHT sterilizers are ideal for clear apple juice. Standard process uses 85℃ for sterilization, then cools to 65℃ for filling.

Homogenizer (for Cloudy Apple Juice)

Breaks down apple pulp particles under 100-120 kg/cm² pressure to create a stable, uniform texture and prevent separation. Vacuum degassing before this step helps preserve the apple's natural color and nutrients.

Clarification & Filtration Equipment (for Clear Apple Juice)

Removes solids to produce transparent apple juice. Enzymatic clarification uses pectinase and gelatin at 34-40℃ for 30-60 minutes to break down apple pectin. Then, filtration (diatomaceous earth or ultrafiltration) clears the liquid.

Apple Juice Blending Tank

Adjusts sugar and acid levels for optimal apple juice taste&mdash- typically 12% sugar and 0.4% acidity. Made of 304 stainless steel with an agitator.

 

Vacuum Degasser (Optional)

Removes oxygen from apple juice to prevent oxidation, preserving fresh apple color and extending shelf life.

 

Apple Juice Filling Machine

Supports PET bottles, metal cans, or aseptic bags for apple juice. Juice must stay above 70℃ during filling for proper sealing.

Apple Juice PET Filling Machine

 

Apple Juice Sterilization Retort / Spray Sterilizer

Final sterilization after filling. Apple juice products are heated in 85℃ water for 10 minutes, then quickly cooled to room temperature.

 Apple Juice Sterilization Kettle
 

Advantages of Apple Juice Making Machine

As a leading juice machinery supplier in China, AGICO provides comprehensive solutions for apple juice processing to customers worldwide. Our core advantages include:

• Turnkey Project: Full-service support from factory design, equipment selection, installation, and commissioning to personnel training, all handled by a professional team.
• Wide Capacity Range: Processing 0.5 to 120 tons of raw apples per hour, meeting the diverse needs of home workshops, small and medium enterprises, and large factories.
• High-Quality Finished Product Assurance: Advanced technology maximizes the retention of apples' original color, aroma, and nutritional content, ensuring pure juice flavor.
• Flexible Equipment Configuration: We offer both integrated production line solutions and individual equipment purchases, adapting to customers' investment needs at different stages.
• Stable and Reliable, Easy to Operate: The equipment runs smoothly, has a high degree of automation, is easy to maintain, and meets food hygiene standards.

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How to Choose the Right Industrial Apple Juicer Line? 

To help customers quickly choose a suitable production line, the following table shows recommended configurations for different capacities (based on 8 hours of operation per day):

Specific configurations need to be customized based on raw material characteristics, product type (clear/cloudy), packaging form, etc. The AGICO technical team will provide a detailed plan for you.

Why Choose AGICO?

• Professional Experience: Years of dedicated R&D and manufacturing in juice processing equipment, with a deep understanding of apple juice technology, enabling us to provide optimal solutions based on customers' materials and needs.
• Quality Certifications: All equipment meets domestic and international food safety certifications, such as CE and ISO. Key components are sourced from well-known international brands, ensuring stability and durability.
• Global Customer Cases: Our equipment has been exported to Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Africa, and other regions, helping hundreds of customers successfully establish their factories.
• Pre-Sales: Free consultation, sample testing, process design.
• During Sales: Equipment manufacturing follow-up, pre-shipment inspection, installation, and commissioning guidance.
• After-Sales: One-year warranty, lifelong maintenance, remote technical support, 24-hour response.