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Northwest Naturals utilizes an original liquid technology process to adjust any of the
following characteristics-acidity, color, flavor and bitterness-to create cost-effective,
consistent products with broad applications in the fruit juice business.
A typical application is acid reduction of a clear juice producing a juice sweetener for baking applications or confections. Unlike some juice refining techniques which generally change only one specific quality in a juice, our innovative LTI process performs equally well on citrus and non-citrus juices to adjust specific characteristics. The LTI process does not significantly alter the essential juice nutrients, allowing the finished product to be labeled fruit juice. THE LTI PROCESS ALLOWS US TO SELECTIVELY ADJUST CLEAR FRUIT JUICES THROUGH CONTROLLED REDUCTION TO DESIRED LEVELS OF:
Color The LTI process systems in commercial operations have proven their effectiveness and overall capabilities. |
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If you want to keep pace with rapidly changing consumer tastes and standards, look
to Northwest Naturals to help you develop new products, improve formulations or
replace ingredients. Our blending capabilities and support services are unmatched
within the industry.
Everyday, Northwest Naturals is working on new or improved formulas to blend fruit juice concentrates to respond to the demanding requirements of satisfied customers. It’s an exacting, complicated process requiring technological expertise and a sophisticated knowledge of the various fruit characteristics. Our research staff is renowned for developing formulas to meet client specifications for flavor, color, performance stability and price. But don’t take our word for it. Trust your own taste buds. We encourage our customers to order samples to learn just what our products can do for you. Regardless of whether you request a sample from our standard line or a custom formulation, you’ll find a short turn-around from order to receipt. Our samples are swiftly produced and shipped overnight express to you. It’s another example of what we mean by customer service. That same fast service is reflected in our manufacturing capability. Our plant is designed to handle orders on a consistently rapid basis-whether we’re blending five gallons or enough to fill a 4,000-gallon tanker. Our ability to respond to small or large orders quickly and uniformly is yet another factor which distinguishes Northwest Naturals within the industry. Look to Northwest Naturals’ expertise when you seek an innovative and technical leader. Let us put our skills to work for you. |
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Our 100% Fruit Juice Concentrates are processed exclusively from the stated fruit.
Juices are extracted from fresh or frozen fruit and processed into a concentrate to
ensure maximum retention of the characteristic fruit flavor and color and nutritional
components.
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CLAREX Fruit Juice Concentrates are 100% juice concentrates substantially reduced
in flavor and color through proprietary filtering processes supplying neutral sources
of juice products with full retention of the characteristic nutrients and acids.
CLAREX concentrates can be blended or processed to meet customer specifications.
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FRUTEX Fruit Syrups are fruit concentrates considerably reduced in flavor, color,
acids and nutrients through a dual-ion exchange process to furnish a source of fruit
sugars. FRUTEX Fruit Syrups are designed to perform as functional fruit sweeteners
in any food or beverage application.
FRUTEX Fruit Syrups can be blended or processed to meet customer specifications.
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JUICEX Fruit Juice Concentrates are pure fruit juice sweeteners. They are acid-
reduced using a proprietary resin process that selectively reduces the fruit acid
without removing characteristic nutrients. Our unique process substantially reduces
the flavor and color of stated fruit juices to supply neutral sources of juice solids with
enhanced sweetness.
All JUICEX products are clear juice concentrates containing natural fruit sugars. They function as pure natural juice sweeteners with more applications than a juice because:
The fructose content serves as a flavor enhancer. JUICEX Fruit Juice Concentrates eliminate the problems inherent in formulating products around flavor and color variations associated with honey and other juice concentrates.
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We have developed clarified juice products to serve the growing demand for clear
juice. Using special depectinization and filtering processes, these normally cloudy
juice products are processed to high-clarity, 100% natural fruit juice concentrates.
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Fruit Juice Essences are the distilled natural flavor and aroma from the single-
strength juice. The flavor from 150 gallons of single-strength juice is concentrated to
produce 1 gallon of 150-fold essence.
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JUICEX is a trade name introduced by Northwest Naturals to describe a concept for
using fruit juice as a sweetener. Consumer desire for nutritious natural fruit
sweeteners in all types of foods and beverages inspired Northwest Naturals to
develop this line of products to be marketed a "SWEETENED WITH PURE FRUIT
JUICE (acid reduced)" as a natural alternative.
These natural sweeteners retain all the natural goodness and nutrition of the fruit with worldwide sourcing and year-round availability. JUICEX products are 70º Brix clear juice concentrates providing a natural source of fructose, glucose and sucrose from fruits. JUICEX FEATURES ARE: SWEETNESS: The sweetness level will vary according to the natural sugar characteristics of the stated fruits and the desired level of acid reduction. JUICEX products generally have a sweetness level equal to or exceeding a 70º Brix inverted sugar solution. NUTRIENTS: Key nutritional elements characteristic of the stated fruit remain essentially unchanged in the JUICEX products. HUMECTANCY: Varies with the sugar characteristics of the stated fruit. High fructose content provides greater humectancy and anti-staling properties than processed sugar in baking applications. CONSISTENCY: JUICEX products eliminate the naturally occurring variations of color, flavor and acid found in industrial juice concentrates providing a consistent juice concentrate for standardized batch and formula applications. |
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Northwest Naturals has developed a unique line of clarified pineapple juice
concentrates as a raw material base for some of our blended juice concentrates and
juice sweeteners. These pineapple juice concentrates include the following items:
Clarified Pineapple, 60º Brix and 70º Brix Clarified pineapple provides some attractive benefits as a juice sweetener, including:
Competitively priced to apple, pear and white grape. Northwest Naturals capitalizes on strategic international alliances to source pineapple worldwide in large volumes, assuring our customers of stable and continuous supplies at attractive prices. |
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