puree and concentrate

Have you ever been to a coffee shop or restaurant during winter and come across natural juices from spring and summer when you look at the list of available juices? Or, conversely, in the summer, encounter natural juices from fall or winter? What are the questions that come to your mind then?
Are these juices the same as artificial flavors? If they are artificial flavors, then why are they listed as natural juices?
Do they freeze the fruits of every season to use in winter? If so, where do they get the extreme cost of maintaining?
Are you familiar with the concepts of puree and concentrate?
Do you know the difference between them?
What do you know about the production of each?
In this article, we want to introduce you to the concepts of puree and concentrate, as well as how they are produced and their differences, so be with us until the end of the article.

What is puree?

The puree is a peeled and pitted fruit that is completely crushed and mixed. Purees are made of fruits that have a higher fiber ratio than their juice, such as peaches, apricots, apples, strawberries, plums, bananas, blueberries, etc.

Steps of preparing puree

To prepare the puree, first, to separate the soil, dust, leaves, etc that exists on the skin of the fruit, and also to remove the remnants of insecticides on the fruits, washing processes are implemented.
The washing procedure is such that the fruits are placed in a floating device to settle the soil particles, etc, and by injecting air into these vessels, shakes the fruits and washes them. At the same time, excess materials such as leaves, wood, etc, which are lightweight, float on the water, and are separated by overflowing water. The fruits are then rinsed by a sloping lift and soaked with a shower and entered the next stage. At this stage, the skin and kernels of fruits that have kernels are removed during the procedure. Of course, it is worth mentioning that fruits that do not have kernels, such as bananas, strawberries, raspberries, chard, etc, do not enter the kernel stage and enter the mixing stage directly, where they are completely crushed and mixed by special mixers. And by the order, they will be packed in barrels, buckets, and single containers. Then, due to the lack of any preservatives and the lack of Heating and non-condensation, the puree is stored in special refrigerators at minus 18 degrees.

What is concentrate?

The concentrate is the fruit that is dehydrated and heated at a high temperature until the fruit completely loses its water and thickens. The concentrate is usually used for fruits that have a higher juice content than fruit fiber, such as pomegranate, cherry, etc.

Steps of concentrate preparation

To prepare concentrate, like puree, the fruits are washed and then they enter the dehydration stage, and then they are poured into a large tank, which is in a vacuum condition, and the heat is given to increase their density and become concentrate; Then poured into large barrels and kept at the right temperature until applied to make juice.

One of the benefits of concentrate is that it is easy to store due to its smaller volume than juice.Because the fruit harvest season is different and consumers do not have access to different fruits in all seasons, they are limited to use concentrates and purees; As a result, the factories transport the fruits to the production section during the harvest seasons, and after extracting juice from the fiber using the machine, they prepare them for public use, and as a result, the increasing trend of fruit prices does not change the price of purees.

Differences between “Perperuk” puree and concentrate

1. “Perperuk” puree has the taste and aroma of natural fruit because it does not perceive heat, but the concentrate loses the main taste and qualities of the fruit due to heat.
2. The “Perperuk” fruit puree has the natural color of fruit, but the concentrate is slightly dark.
3. The maintenance cost of “Perperuk” puree is higher than the concentrate because it is not heated.
4. The puree is for meat fruits, but the concentrate is for juicy fruits. Of course, meat fruit concentrate is also available.
5. The process of producing concentrate is longer than puree.
6. “Perperuk” puree is very healthy and natural because it does not contain any chemicals.