Objective
There are some 153.000 apple farmers and app. 2361 SME apple juice processors within the EU. The EU apple juice manufacturers make generic products with limited branding and differentiation. Their competitive position are getting worse due to increased import of low cost apple juice from China and non-alcoholic beverages considered to be more healthy than juice. The project will add value and knowledge to the juice products they offer, and increase their competitive position.
Our idea is to develop a novel juice process enable to reduce the content of sugars (measured by calories) by at least 50%, without affecting the consumer preferences and without adding more than 20% to the overall cost of production. In addition the juice will be added functionality by increasing the fibre content (300 ml of juice to represent 10% of R.D.I.). The technological barriers are limiting the SME dominated apple supply chain from making these products available today, and the challenges need to be addressed in a pan-European way through the supply chain.
Through clearly defined and well focused technological objectives, we will develop a novel juice process based on the combination of :
- The right selection of apples; low in sugar - Enzymatic conversion of a certain amount of the sugars (Reduce caloric load/ change overall sweetness)
- A novel tangential cross-flow osmotic filtration system (after clarification) to remove compounds in excess.
- A modified venturi system will be developed to introduce soluble pectin fibres downstream from the sugar removal system.
We will benefit from scientific & technological progress from ongoing and recent EU funded projects. The IAGs behind this proposal have a robust plan for dissemination and training activities and the core group of SMEs are well suited and committed. They provide a pan-European supply of apples, juice processing, enzyme supply and membrane filter technology which will ease European roll out.
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FP6-2004-SME-COLL
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Coordinator
5472 OSLO
Norway
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