PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing fruit juice for obtaining fruit juice even from fruits which is originally hard to extract fruit juice from because the fruit juice and insoluble fibers of pulp parts are firmly joined together by pectin.
SOLUTION: The method for producing fruit juice comprises a process of crushing the pulp part of the fruit, a process of adding pectin decomposition enzyme to the crushed pulp part to decompose the pectin falling in the pulp part, and a process of separating the fruit juice from the pulp part crushed and decomposed by the pectin to obtain the fruit juice.
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