The Production Process of Fresh and Concentrated Orange Juice

The provided diagram illustrates the industrial process involved in the production of orange juice, detailing two distinct pathways: the manufacturing of fresh juice and the creation of concentrated juice. Both processes begin with the delivery of fresh oranges to a factory, where they are washed and subsequently extracted.

Once the oranges are extracted, the process diverges. In the first pathway, the extracted liquid is immediately processed as fresh juice, which is then packaged and distributed directly to shops. Simultaneously, the solid waste resulting from the extraction is repurposed as animal feed.

Alternatively, the fresh juice can be transported via refrigerator truck to an evaporation facility. Here, water is removed to produce a concentrated juice, which is then canned and stored in a warehouse. This concentrate is later transported to another factory, where it is reconstituted with water, packaged, and finally sent to retail shops. Overall, while both methods share the initial stages of cleaning and extraction, the concentrated juice pathway involves additional steps of evaporation, canning, and reconstitution, whereas the fresh juice route is more direct.