The diagram illustrates how orange juice is produced, from the delivery of fresh oranges to the final products sold in shops.
Overall, orange juice production involves several stages, beginning with washing and extracting oranges and ending with either fresh juice packaging or the production of concentrated juice. A notable feature is that waste materials are reused as animal feed.
Initially, fresh oranges are transported to a factory, where they are thoroughly washed. The cleaned oranges are then extracted to obtain juice. At this stage, solid waste is separated and sent for use as animal feed. The fresh juice produced can follow two different pathways.
Some of the fresh juice is packaged immediately and delivered directly to shops for sale. Alternatively, the juice is transported by refrigerated trucks to an evaporation facility, where water is removed to produce concentrated juice. This concentrate is then canned and stored in a warehouse. When needed, it is sent back to a factory, where water is added before packaging. Finally, the packaged juice is distributed to retail shops.
In summary, while fresh juice requires fewer processing stages, concentrated juice undergoes additional steps such as evaporation, storage, and reprocessing before reaching consumers.