Oranges are hand-picked in the field, loaded into trailers and delivered to the processing plant. Oranges do not ripen after picking and the deterioration process begins as soon as they are separated from the tree. The fruit is...
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Oranges are hand-picked in the field, loaded into trailers and delivered to the processing plant. Oranges do not ripen after picking and the deterioration process begins as soon as they are separated from the tree. The fruit is dumped from trailers onto conveyers where it is carried through a washing process. The fruit is then graded, and oranges not acceptable for processing are separated and diverted to be used for by-products. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) then tests for juice and solids content, the unit of payment for growers, after which the oranges are diverted to storage bins labeled according to juice specifications represented by each tested load of fruit. Oranges are then selected from labeled bins to enable blending juice of optimal quality and transported via conveyor to juicing machines (extractors). After juice extraction, the stream of pulpy juice goes through a finisher (screen) where the pulp and seeds are removed, and along with the peel, diverted to be used for by-products. At this stage, the juice is made into one of two product forms: bulk frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) or not-from-concentrate (NFC).
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