2.2.4 Bottling process
The bottling plant processes 60’000 tons NFC orange juice (or 57’252 l) and 21’301 tons NFC clementine juice and 368 tons orange pulp per year. At the bottling plant, the orange juice is blended with the pulp before the bottling. For 1 l of NFC orange juice, there is 2 % orange pulp. The NFC juice is then pasteurized and transferred to an aseptic filler tank. The juice is filled in a 1.0 l PET bottle and capped under aseptic conditions. Then, the filled bottles are labelled. The inputs for the bottling process are shown in Table 2.7. The natural gas is used to produce steam. The electricity consumption does not include the production of compressed air and cooling energy. They are shown separately from the electricity use.