The fruits are first conveyed from storage to sorting/gradingunit. The fruits are sorted before being further processed in orderto assure that fresh, mature and unspoiled fruits are to be used. Inthis step fruits that do not meet the required standards are rejected.After sorting, fruits are washed where debris and dirt are removed.Then, the washed fruits are crushed in special mills which cre-ates a type of fruit pulp puree. Crushing is followed by pressingfor extracting the juice from the fruit pulps. This is the major solidwaste generating operation in the company since spent pulps arerejected at this point. Extracted juice is concentrated in the evap-oration step where water is drawn out. Before being sorted as theintermediate product, the concentrated juice is sterilized and filledinto barrels through the aseptic process.