The Process

Apples sourced from local packing houses and/or hail damaged fruit directly from orchards is tipped, fed through a brush washer unit, sterilized, sorted for fruit not up to juicing quality and then elevated to the pulp mill. From this point in the process until the final juice product is opened by the consumer the fruit and juice will never be exposed to the atmosphere eliminating microorganism invasion and completely eliminating oxidisation of the juice.

The pulp mill, the press, storage vats and even the road tankers will be filled with pure Nitrogen generated from the company’s existing nitrogen generators that operate the company’s controlled atmosphere cold stores. From the pulp mill the diced apple pieces are transported by a gentle wave pump to the rotary press. Five tonnes of the diced apple is pressed in each cycle. The press uses an internal air bladder to gently squeeze the juice from the fruit. Each load is pressed up to 5 times after rotation of the entire press to redistribute the pulp within the press. This process ensures maximum extraction of juice from the pulp with the expelled pomace being very dry.

The pure un-oxidised juice is pumped to large stainless steel refrigerated holding vats for storage prior to loading into stainless steel road tankers for transport. Even the road tanker will be purged with 25,000 litres of pure nitrogen prior to the loading of the juice to ensure the juice is never exposed to oxygen in the atmosphere.

The combination of full cool chain and inert gas blanketing will deliver a food product of a quality that has never been produced in Australasia.

Our Factory

Here are some photos of inside our factory to help you understand the juicing process.

The nitrogen apple press in the Batlow Premium Juices factory.	The extracted apple juice is stored in new refrigerated stainless steel vats at 0.5 degrees C until shipped.
Only highest quality apples used in Batlow Premium Juices apple juice production.	The quality Batlow apples are further hand graded before entry to the dicing mill to ensure the final juice product is of the highest grade possible.