Custard Apple RTS Processing

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaCXId85w_Q

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06:23:00

Year of Production: 

2023

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NIFTEM
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Custard apple is a delicious and commonly imported fruit crop with pleasant flavors, mild aroma, sweet taste, good nutritional and medicine value. Custard apple is mainly grown in tropical climate and its rich in nutrients such as vitamin c, Dietary fiber and almost has no fats. The fruit has a short shelf life of 2-3 days after harvesting hence processing in added value products such as ready to eat beverages, ice cream, squash and toffee is necessary.

Custard apple  Ready -To -Serve ( RTS)  processing

The processing line for custard Apple includes; fruit pulper, homogenizer,  stainless steel jacketed kettle, mixing tanks, bottle filling machine, bottle washing machines, crown corking machine, boiler, working table, weighing scale, handling vessels, knives and trolleys.
Fruit selection of well matured  and ripened  custard is collected and taken for processing.
Washing of fruits with chlorinated  water and then tap water is done to remove  dirt.
Pulping/juice extraction is done using semi or fully automatic machines. These separate pearl seed and peas from custard apple fruit. Crushing is done and an equal quantity of water is passed through the pulper  to remove the seeds from peel.
Pulp  is heated to 80 degrees Celsius  for softening.
When mixing, for  every 1000ltrs of pulp, 450kg of sugar, 2.3kg of citric acid, 5200ltrs of water  and 1kg of preservative are mixed at acceptable specifications. The mixture is then homogenized to prepare a uniform blend.
The mixture is then pasteurized to remove  any microbial growth and this is done at 90 degrees Celsius for 20 minutes.
The pasteurized RTS beverage is cooled to 70 degrees Celsius and preservatives are added with thorough stirring. 
The product is bottled  in sterilized bottles while its still hot , crown cork inserted and places in boiling water  for 20-30 minutes.
cooling is done  to normal temperature and stored for up to 180days shelf life with added preservatives.   
Sequence from Sequence to Description
00:0000:58Custard apple is a tropical fruit crop grown in tropical climate
00:5901:10It is rich in vitamin c, fiber and almost has no fats
01:1101:28Ripe fruits can be fed for only1-2days
01:2901:45Products made are beverages, ice cream, toffee
01:4602:10equipment used are fruit pulper, homogenizer ss steam kettle mixing tank
02:1102:17others, water filling machine , bottle washing machine, crown corking machine
02:1802:28others are boiler, working table, weighing scale, handling vessels, knives and trolleys
02:2902:37Well mature and ripe fruits are taken for processing
02:3803:18Wash fruits in water and pulp the fruits to remove the seeds
03:1903:24Pulp is heated up to 80 degrees after extraction
03:2503:40Mix pulp with 50kg sugar.2.3kg citric acid, 100litres water and 1ks preservative
03:4104:40Homogenize the mixture to prepare a uniform blend
04:4104:52Pasteurize the mixture at 90degrees Celsius for 25 minutes
04:5305:13Cool down mixture to 70 degrees Celsius and preservatives are added
05:1405:19Fill beverage in sterilized bottles when still hot
05:2005:22Crown cork bottles proceed into boiling water for 20-25 minutes
05:2305:41Cool down bottles to normal temperature
05:4206:23Summary

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