The diagram illustrates the process by which pineapples are grown and processed into different products.
Overall, this process involves both natural and man-made elements and can be divided into two main stages: the farming of pineapples and the processing of the crops, which eventually turns into a beverage, a canned food, or an export.
First, pineapples are grown in the field with their crowns spaced 26 centimeters apart, and in the climate where the temperature ranges from 23 to 30 degrees Celsius. After seven months, ethylene is sprayed on the plants, after which they can continue to grow for an additional 5 months until they are already harvested. At this stage, pineapples should be 30 centimeters high and 2 kilograms in weight.
The process continues with the harvested pineapples being washed before being graded according to their sizes.After being sorted, the smallest and the medium-sized pineapples have their tops removed and their rinds peeled. While the former pineapples are put into an extractor to produce juice, the latter are cut into slices or smaller chunks, both of which are subsequently canned. By contrast, the largest pineapples are simply coated in wax and put in crates before being shipped abroad.