ISHS Acta Horticulturae 822: VI International Pineapple Symposium
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OF PINEAPPLE – TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES |
| Authors: | A. Reinhardt, L.V. Rodriguez |
| Keywords: | industrialization, juice, canned products, nectar, value aggregation |
| Abstract:
Pineapple is a very well known fruit all over the world and within the tropical fruits it represents the largest processed volume, generating several kinds of products like canned and frozen pineapple (in slices and pieces) and juice (single strength and concentrate). Brazil is one of the largest growers of pineapple in the world, but is insignificant as industrial processor. The Asian producers focus on the total usage of pineapple, that is primarily fresh fruit combined with canning and juice production, where juice is basically a byproduct. In South America, fresh fruit is also the main usage, but the canning industry is not well developed and juice is produced from the whole fruit. Pineapple juice concentrate is applied to produce ready-to-drink pineapple juice or nectar and as main constituent in blends for multi fruit juices, nectars and juice drinks. The reason for that is that pineapple juice is considered as “cheap juice solids” compared to other fruit juice concentrates available, and as the concentrate is relatively neutral, it fits very well for blending with other tropical and exotic fruit juices of higher added value. Prices for juice concentrates on the international market are historically in the range of 1.000 to 1.300 US$/ton CFR Rotterdam, which means a huge challenge for efficiency in the whole industrial chain. Considering an annual world production of pineapple around 18 million t, we estimate that only roughly 1/3 is being industrially processed, mainly by canning (~30%) and to juice (4%), being 2/3 consumed as fresh fruit. To further promote pineapple for industrial processing and value addition, several factors are crucial: integration of grower and processing industry, fruit type versus application, product portfolio, processing technology, logistics, marketing and promotion, and long term planning. | |
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