The recovery of high quality herb and spice volatiles continues to extend the principle of aroma recovery directly from solids presented to the SCC as a pumped slurry. The ability of the SCC to handle highly viscous materials have been demonstrated in the course of processing particular fruit products such as single strength purees of mango and banana. Such products have viscosity in the range 2500cP to 4000cP at the processing temperatures used in the SCC. Figure 2 shows a commercial plant processing banana with an enlargement inset showing the view through the bottom sight glass. The processing of mango and banana has brought to light an additional benefit of steam stripping on the SCC: the reduction of dissolved oxygen from the product stream. Low oxygen levels limit the undesirable browning of the puree during subsequent aseptic filling and other packaging operations.