Process flow to make high-quality tomato paste:

1) Receiving: Fresh tomatoes arrive at the plant in trucks, which are directed to the offloading area. An operator, using a special tube or boom, pipes a vast quantity of water into the truck, so that the tomatoes can flow out from the special opening at the rear of the trailer. Using water allows the tomatoes move into the collection channel without being damaged.

2) Sorting: More water is continuously pumped into the collection channel. This water carries the tomatoes into the roller elevator, rinses them, and conveys them to the sorting station. At the sorting station, staff remove material other than tomatoes (MOT), as well as the green, damaged and discolored tomatoes.  These are placed on a reject conveyor and then collected in a storage unit to be taken away. In some facilities, the sorting process is automated

3) Chopping: The tomatoes suitable for processing are pumped to the chopping station where they are chopped.

4) Cold or Hot Break: The pulp is pre-heated to 65-75°C for Cold Break processing or to 85-95°C for Hot Break processing.

5) Juice Extraction: The pulp (consisting of fiber, juice, skin and seeds) is then pumped through an extraction unit composed of a pulper and a refiner – these are essentially large sieves. Based on customer requirements, these mesh screens will allow more or less solid material to pass through, to make a coarser or smoother product, respectively.

Typically, 95% of the pulp makes it through both screens.  The remaining 5%, comprised of fiber, skin and seeds, considered waste and is transported out of the facility to be sold as cattle feed.

6) Holding Tank: At this point the refined juice is collected in a large holding tank, which constantly feeds the evaporator.

7) Evaporation: Evaporation is the most energy-intensive step of the whole process – this is where the water is extracted, and the juice that is still only 5% solid becomes 28% to 36% concentrated tomato paste. The evaporator automatically regulates juice intake and finished concentrate output; the operator only has to set the Brix value on the evaporator’s control panel to determine the level of concentration. 

As the juice inside the evaporator passes through different stages, its concentration gradually increases until the required density is obtained in the final “finisher” stage. The entire concentration/evaporation process takes place under vacuum conditions, at temperatures significantly below 100°C. 

8)Aseptic Filling: Most facilities package the finished product using aseptic bags, so that the product in the evaporator never comes into contact with air until it reaches the customer. The concentrate is sent from the evaporator directly to an aseptic tank – it is then pumped at high pressure through the aseptic sterilizer-cooler (also called a flash cooler) to the aseptic filler, where it is filled into large, pre-sterilized aseptic bags. Once packaged, the concentrate can be kept up to 24 months.

Some facilities choose to package their finished product under non-aseptic conditions. This paste must go through an additional step after packaging – it is heated to pasteurize the paste, and then kept under observation for 14 days before being released to the customer.

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Company Introduction:

Shanghai JUMP GROUP Co., Ltd, is keeping leadership position in the tomato paste and concentrated apple juice processing line. We also have made brilliant achievements in other fruit& vegetable beverage equipments, such as:

1. Juice production line for orange juice, grape juice, jujube juice, coconut drink/coconut milk, pomegranate juice, watermelon juice, cranberry juice, peach juice, cantaloupe juice, papaya juice, sea buckthorn juice, orange juice, strawberry juice, mulberry juice, pineapple juice, kiwi juice, wolfberry juice, mango juice, sea buckthorn juice, exotic fruit juice, carrot juice, corn juice, guava juice, cranberry juice, blueberry juice, RRTJ, loquat juice and other juice drinks dilution filling production line
2. Can food production line for canned Peach, canned mushrooms, canned chili sauce, paste, canned arbutus, canned oranges, apples, canned pears, canned pineapple, canned green beans, canned bamboo shoots, canned cucumbers, canned carrots, canned tomato paste, canned cherries, canned cherry
3. Sauce production line for mango sauce, strawberry sauce, cranberry sauce, canned hawthorn sauce etc.

We grasped proficient technology and advanced biological enzyme technology, successfully applied in more than 120 domestic and foreign jam &juice production lines and we has helped client gain excellent products and good economic benefits.

Our unique–Turnkey Solution.:

No need worry if you know little about how to carry out the plant in your country.We not only offer the equipments to you,but also provide one-stop service, from your warehouse designing (water, electricity ,steam) , worker training, machine installation and debugging, life-long after-sale service etc.

Consulting + Conception
As a first step and prior to project implementation, we will provide to you profoundly experienced and highly competent consulting services. Based on an extensive and thorough analysis of your actual situation and requirements we will develop your customized solution(s). In our understanding, customer-focused consultation means that all steps planned – from the initial conception phase to the final phase of implementation – will be conducted in a transparent and comprehensible manner.

 Integration + Commissioning
In order to reduce any interference with associated production areas and processes to a minimum, and to guarantee a smooth set-up, the installation of your plant will be conducted by the engineers and service technicians who have been assigned to and accompanied the individual project development and production stages. Our experienced staff will ensure that all required interfaces work, and your plant will be successfully put into operation.

Bucket Elevator

1. smooth bucket structure against clamping fruits, suitable for tomato, strawberry, apple, pear, apricot, etc.
2. running stably with low noise, speed adjustable by transducer.
3. anticorrosive bearings, double sides seal.

Air Blowing & Washing Machine

1 Used to wash fresh tomato, strawberry, mango, etc.
2 Special design of surfing and bubbling to ensure a through cleaning and lessening the damage to the fruit as well.
3 Suitable for many kinds of fruit or vegetables, such as tomatoes, strawberry, apple,mango,etc.

Peeling, pulping & Refining Monobloc (Pulper)

1. The unit can peel, pulp and refine fruits together.
2. The aperture of strainer screen can be adjustable (change) based on customer’s requirement.
3. Incorporated Italian technology, high quality stainless steel material in contact with fruit material.