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Grante Juice, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Business Card - a pomegranate, on the whole world knows, because 98% of the production of AZNAR factory produced for export. Pomegranate juice, which is sold in stores in my town, as it turned out, very far from this fresh pomegranate juice. In this feature, I'll tell you how to make a real juice from this fruit.

I went to the festival of pomegranate in Azerbaijan in early November, wrote about earlier. The festival is traditionally held in the small town of Goychay and each year is rapidly gaining momentum, becoming one of the events on a national scale.





The history of Azerbaijan is inseparably linked to the culture of pomegranate cultivation, the outgoing back centuries. Grenades historically cultivated in almost all regions of Azerbaijan, but the recognized center of growing the best varieties of pomegranates is Shirvan, lying in dry subtropics band. For the production of juice most often used pomegranates growing in Goychay.

It Goychay pomegranates have won international recognition and have become synonymous with "real Azerbaijan pomegranates." The secret of excellent taste and stable quality Geokchai pomegranates is a unique microclimate and soil composition area, which are found nowhere else in the world.

Garnet is going for 40-45 days in October and November. From 3kg garnet the output is 1 liter of juice. From 5 thousand tonnes, which are collected in the district of Goychay, turn 1,300 tons of juice. In the production of juice factory AZNAR used two fundamentally different technology - a production and bottling of juice directly into the bottle and shipped to the manufacturer or nakomplenie concentrate in aseptic tanks with a capacity of 50 tons, all such tanks at the plant 100.

On the day of the plant can be spilled from 10 to 15 thousand bottles.
When the harvesting season pomegranate juice stops the spill takes place in a planned manner from the aseptic tank before filling.

Major ipmortery juice - USA, Canada, Germany and the astral plane. Implementation juices ekosport conducted both under its own brand Grante, and under individual brands. Depending on the country 1L bottle of juice stands in retail from $ 5 to 7 euros. Grante brand refers to the premium brand of high-quality natural juice.

AZNAR factory is an effective modern production, comprising the following technological elements:

 - Three lines of primary processing of raw materials, with a total capacity of 20 tons per hour, and group processing equipment and ultrafiltration juice;
 - Line sterilization and storage of the juice in aseptic containers;
 - Evaporator such as "a rising film" for concentrating the juice;
 - The line of aseptic filling of concentrated juice in a large container such as «Aseptic Bags», hooting. 220 l .;
 - Two lines of bottling into glass bottles, hooting. 1, l 0, 0, 75 l, 0, 0 and 33 liters, 25 liters, pasteurization and packaging in cartons and shrinkable film;
 - Complete equipment for tannin extract of pomegranate peel;
 - Refrigerators 1100 m2 for storage of concentrated juice at t = -18 ° C and fresh fruit at t = (+5) - (-2) ° C;
 - The site of production and jam.



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05. Unloading grenades on the line directly from the body of the car:



06. In the processing plant receives only whole, fresh, undamaged fruits of special varieties of pomegranate of Goychay, manually sorted on a conveyor belt:



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08. Removing the juice comes gently pneumatic membrane presses (by mild pressure on grain) instead of the screw (extract juice grinded grains), common in other enterprises:



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10. Due to the use of a closed technological scheme with minimal contact with air is possible during the oxidative processes;
product is exceptionally gentle thermal effect using pasteurization (100 ° C), including tunnel instead of sterilizers (above 100 ° C). To filter applied ultrafiltration plant, instead of open to the air plate or precoat filters used everywhere:



11. After pasteurization, fresh juice is stored in aseptic containers made of stainless steel with a capacity of 50 m3 (5,000 tons of storage), unlike all other similar enterprises, used to store the juice in conventional containers various preservatives. These are the best tank that stores the juice that will flow over the next year:



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Interesting facts and legends about the pomegranate:

 - Since ancient times, pomegranate is considered the East king of all fruits. Even outwardly he stands out among the fruit fiery red crown on top. Tradition says that it is the original form suggested sepals crown.

 - According to the Koran, pomegranate trees among others planted a beautiful Garden of Eden. Many nations flowers and fruits of pomegranate are considered a symbol of wealth, abundance and fertility.

 - Images Grenade found in the Egyptian pyramids, to drevnevizantiyskih tissues, in ornaments of the ancient Greeks and the Arabs. Pharaohs highly appreciated fresh pomegranate juice, considering it a miracle that can strengthen not only the body but also the spirit. Ancient Egyptians were buried with pomegranates in hope of their revival. Also, the ancient Egyptians and Assyrians often depicted in the sculptures grenades, as a sacred tree or "tree of life».

 - The Italians believe that Eve was tempted in Eden garnet. And the king Cyrus, the founder of the Persian Empire, and wished so many good generals, how many seeds in a pomegranate. Later, the Prophet Muhammad has urged followers grenades, considering that it clears the envy and hatred.

 - In Greek mythology, pomegranates were a favorite food of the gods, prompting many to believe that their use leads to immortality. A Persephone, the goddess of agriculture, the seed of the fruit offered to Hades. Yielding to the temptation of this ruby ​​fruit, like a gem, she took it and thereby doomed itself to carrying out a few months a year in the underworld of Hades.

 - The ancient Greeks believed that the first pomegranate tree grown on the island of Cyprus the goddess of love - Aphrodite. Since then pomegranate juice has gained a reputation as "a love potion." In our time, the Greeks traditionally break a pomegranate at weddings as a symbol of fertility.

 - In China, sweet pomegranate seeds to eat on your wedding day to bless newlyweds thereby. A painting of a ripe pomegranate is a popular wedding gift.

 - The fruit has long been used in folk medicine in the Middle East, Azerbaijan, Iran and India. Healers use not only edible seeds, and bark, leaves, fruit peel to treat absolutely everything from conjunctivitis, ending hemorrhoids.



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