PRODUCTION OF FRUIT JUICE PRODUCT

PURPOSE:To produce a fruit juice product having a fresh flavor while suppressing change in the quality of fruit juice components and formation of an offensive smell taste component by preventing a fruit juice in a process for producing a fruit juice product from coming into contact with atmosphere, lowering a heat sterilization temperature. CONSTITUTION:The objective production methos comprises the steps of filtering a raw fruit juice obtained by squeezing fruits by a ceramic filter; optionally subjecting the prepared permeated fruit juice to high-temperature instant heat sterilization and packing the sterilized fruit juice into a container or heating and sterilizing at 65-85 deg.C the permeated fruit juice packed into a container and these steps are consistently carried out in a nitrogen gas atmosphere.