The Ultimate Guide to setup an Aloe-Vera processing line
The potent medicinal properties of aloe Vera ingredients have been widely used in the food, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic industries. Aloe contains about 75 active ingredients, including vitamins A, C, E, and B12, folic acid, cholinease, minerals such as calcium, copper, magnesium, manganese, selenium, sodium, zinc, and potassium
As well as sugars and amino acids (muscle must), salicylic acid, Lignin and saponins, antioxidants that are vital to the human body. Drinking aloe Vera juice helps control blood sugar in diabetic patients and lower blood lipids in hyperlipidemia patients.
2. Different products can proceed from aloe Vera whole leaf and gel-like food products aloe Vera puree, juice, Aloe health drink, powder, and aloe Vera dessert.
3. The whole Aloe Vera processing line includes aloe Vera leaves washing, sanitation, and rinsing, aloe Vera leaves bottoms, tips, and side thorns cutting and discarded, aloe Vera peeling machine, aloe Vera gel, and pulp extraction machine, aloe Vera puree concentrating, sterilizing and filling machine, aloe Vera juice centrifuge type extracting machine, aloe Vera juice blending tanks, aloe Vera juice sterilizing, filling and packing machine, CIP cleaning system, and RO water treatment system.
4. The end products such as aloe Vera puree, juice, or drinks can be filled into aseptic bags, drums, bottles, or tetra pack cartons. The capacity for the aloe Vera processing line ranges from 1T/H-30T/H.
5. The aloe Vera consists of an outer thick rind and a viscous, jelly mucilage layer attached to the inner surface of the rind. The processing of aloe Vera is mainly to remove the outer surface thick rind, then to get the viscous jelly gel; the gel contains 98.5% water having a PH value of 4.5, and also contains many polysaccharides.
6. One whole aloe Vera leaf contains 10% tips, edges, and bottom thorns, 45% peel the aloe Vera juice or gel yield rate is about 40%-50%.
7. After the aloe Vera is harvested from the field, the processing must be completed within 36 hours; otherwise, the biological activity will be lost at ambient temperature.
Aloe Vera Processing Line End Products
Aloe Vera puree concentrated: 30-32 Brix, the end products can be filled into aseptic bags or drums.
Aloe Vera juice drinks: The aloe Vera gel after extracted, then mixed with lemon juice, pure water, and other ingredients, after homogenizing, sterilizing, and then filled into small bottles or metal cans.
Aloe Vera powder: The aloe Vera after washing, peeling, juice extracting, then evaporated and spray drying, then filling into the tin cans or Pouches.
Aloe Vera Juice Processing Line Technological Flowchart:
Fresh aloe Vera after harvesting, using sodium solution and pure water to soak and spray washing, then cut the aloe Vera top, bottom, and side Thorns manually, after that, you can use the Aloe Vera, peeling machine to remove the thick rind peel. in the out layer or hand filleting the peel Then we obtain the aloe Vera gel now just cut the aloe Vera gel into pieces and ground into a slurry, then stored in an insulation tank at 4°C, to slow down the enzymatic and microbial deterioration of the gel, one pasteurizer is used to treat the material (65°C for 3 mm), then flashing cooled to 55°C for enzymatic treatment to separate the solids in the gel And then the filter press or decanter centrifuge separator is used to extract the juice from the aloe Vera gel Subsequent processing includes decolorization by activated carbon in decolorization tank, adding of preservatives in blending tanks and pasteurizing, filling aloe Vera juice.
Key Machine of Aloe Vera Processing Line
Aloe Vera washing and soaking machine
When Aloe Vera leaves are harvested, it contains dirt and other impurities. The yellow fluid secretion from the harvested Leaves 5hould is completely removed from the Leaf for its processing and purity of products. The Leaves were thoroughly washed with fresh water with an air bubble washer. In the Aloe Vera processing industry, Leaves are initially washed in a 200 ppm solution of sodium hypochlorite sterilizing solution, then use the RO water to spray again to flush the solution.
Aloe Vera tip bottom and side thorns cutting
The cutting of aloe Vera tip bottom and side thorns is also called the trimming process; this process is mostly the manual removal of thorns with a knife. Precautions should be taken to avoid contamination of the inner part gel to maintain the purity of the products.
Aloe Vera filleting and peeling
There are two methods to do the fileting and peeling the rind of the aloe Vera. One is hand filleting, in this method, the rind is removed by using a Sharp knife. The other method is mechanical filleting, which is the most commonly used method for gel extraction from aloe Vera Leaves, this process takes place on a conveyor belt, equipped with rollers and blades, the leaf is passed over a blade mounted on a table, the upper rind and lower rind will be removed by the blade, then the gel. Slices are collected.
Aloe Vera juice extracting machine
Three methods can be used for extracting juice from aloe Vera gel hydraulic press filter, decanter centrifuge separator, or spiral juice extractor. Three extraction processes have all, separated the solids from the gel to obtain the juice essentially. The aloe Vera juice yield rate is about 50% with these methods to extract the juice. Using a press filter or decanter to extract juice can avoid the loss of nutrient flavor caused by the heating of the juice. And with the screw juice extractor, the juice will be heated when squeezing.
Aloe Vera Juice decolorization tank:
Application of the decolorization via the activated carbon purification process has been a common practice In the manufacture of aloe Vera Leaf Juice to Ensure that any anthraquinone compounds In the gel are removed. The end product is a Juice virtually free of the Latex constituents known to have a Laxative effect. The specific operation process is that when the aloe Vera Juice Is heated to 70C by steam or electricity 0.3%-1% of activated carbon is manually Added to the decolorizations tank, and the material Is discharged after fully stirring for 30-60 minutes
Aloe Vera juice pasteurization machine:
There is two processing pasteurization in aloe Vera processing. In the first pasteurization process ¡s after the gel is extracted, biological activity remains essentially intact when the gel is heated at 65°Cfor periods of less than 15 minutes. Extended periods or higher temperatures will result in greatly reduced activity levels. The best method of pasteurization is HTST, Which exposes the gel to elevated temperatures for periods of one to three minutes. Once heated, the get is flashing cooled to 5°C or below. The second pasteurization or sterilizing process is between the blending and filling process. At this step, the aloe Vera juice has been finished making, on[y needs to sterilize or pasteurize before filling. The pasteurization process is heating the aloe Vera juice to 95°C holding it for 15 seconds, then hot filling it into bottles or metal cans.
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