Separate fruit recovery, liquid clarity and product identity before selecting a combination.
Suitable prepared mash
Express a recoverable liquid from material that can release and drain juice. Preparation and press conditions must be evaluated together.
Check: feed structure, media, drainage, residue and acceptable product recovery.
Press duty →Defined peel / rind / seed boundary
Use an application-specific assembly to separate the wanted liquid and unwanted fruit fractions. The method must be demonstrated on the specified fruit.
Check: inlet form, unwanted contact, seed handling, quality and trial losses.
Extraction duty →Flesh / coarse fractions
Recover pulp or control coarse matter at a defined boundary. A finisher can follow extraction; it is not automatically a clear-juice system.
Check: retained pulp, screen duty, seed/fibre handling and passages downstream.
Finishing duty →Cloudy, clarified and pulp-containing outputs describe the wanted liquid and solids. Clarification is a separate duty supported by product trials.
Compare liquid states →Direct, concentrated, reconstituted and formulated products describe another dimension. A clear appearance does not demonstrate direct/NFC identity.
Compare product identities →| Feed family | Separation question | Initial duty to compare | Continue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple | Firm pome fruit · mash drainage matters | Prepared mash → pressing → controlled finishing | Apple route → |
| Pineapple | Peel boundary · fibrous pulp | Fruit-specific preparation/extraction → pulp finishing | Pineapple route → |
| Pomegranate | Aril separation · unwanted rind contact | Defined aril/rind separation → reviewed extraction → finishing | Pomegranate route → |
| Passion fruit | Rind separation · seed-bearing pulp | Fruit opening/separation → specialist extraction → controlled finishing | Passion fruit route → |
| Extracted juice / concentrate | Whole-fruit separation already done | Incoming specification → liquid handling → product/pack process | Select a liquid-feed route → |
Start with your boundary
Bring your existing equipment list into a fruit-specific stage review. A nameplate alone is not an integration specification.