Processing

SVZ offers a wide range of processing opportunities, depending on your specific product requirements. Are you interested in a clear juice, a product that gives mouthfeel and texture, or are you looking for real fruit identity? SVZ owns six factories worldwide that provide an extensive array of processing techniques. This allows us to offer you a large variety of processed fruit and/or vegetable ingredients.

 

Fruit and vegetable juice concentrates can be divided into two categories: cloudy and clear. Clear concentrates can be further sub-divided into ‘standard clear’ and ‘crystal clear’. ‘Crystal clear’ juice concentrate has been fully de-pectinized and clarified so that when mixed with alcohol there is no precipitation. These high quality juices are used in liquors and other alcoholic beverages. Volatiles from concentration are added back at the latest possible stage to the concentrate to maximize the aroma. Most vegetable juice concentrates are cloudy due to the application (beverages, soups). However there are exceptions to this rule; for example red beet juice concentrate which is a clear concentrate and is often used as colouring agent.

 

The high quality of our purees is a result of a secure and safe sourcing chain where our own factories supply the raw material washed and chilled. Not only can we supply blended varieties, we can also process specific varieties from American cranberries to Polish Wild Blueberries. SVZ treats purees with a mild pasteurisation step in order to maintain flavour and aroma yet ensure food safety of the highest degree.

 

Focusing on red fruits and vegetables SVZ’s production process reaches a Brix level of around 30 whilst maintaining maximum pulp, viscosity, colour and flavour. Concentrated puree has become an ingredient in many compounds and preparations as the quality and advantages have been recognised. These include lower energy costs for preserve manufacturers who need to drive off water to increase solids levels through to reduced handling and packaging

 

High quality IQF (Individual Quick Frozen) fruits, which are selected carefully, are used to produce Verifruit. The fruits are infused with either sugars or apple juice concentrate slowly, where water in the fruits are replaced by (fruit) sugars. During the infusion process the fruits are not heated to make sure the natural flavour and colour are kept as good as possible. When Verifruit has reached its sugar level, the product is packed in pails and stored frozen.

 

The IQF (Individually Quick Frozen) fruit is used mainly for decoration as it is of the highest quality. Produced in our own factories with a focus on the removal of impurities and foreign bodies, SVZ has invested in laser sorters and x-ray equipment to detect such problems. Whilst machinery can assist there is no substitute for starting with grade 1 raw material. This we achieve by having close liaison with the local farmers and co-operatives by our agronomists and purchasers ensuring quality starts at the source.

 

Compounding is more than just mixing. Over the years SVZ has developed knowledge on how the different fruits, vegetable and other ingredients inter-react when compounded. The flavour is essential as well as mouth feel and viscosity, which all play vital roles in any developed blend. Our developers are always making new and exciting blends and you can share in their experience and expertise. The use of compounds offers several advantages, including ease of handling in your production, decreased storage costs, one stop shopping and guaranteed consistency. Please contact us with a ‘brief’ if you have a compound requirement and we are sure we can come up with the answer.