Fruit pulp processing-

Importance for Pakistan’s

agriculture
Presented by : Tausif Iqbal
Why Fruit pulp processing?
• Pakistan 5th largest exporter of fresh fruits in Asia
• Demand of value added fruit products in both local and
international markets
• Major Pakistani food companies importing fruit pulp for
their products
• Most of the imported fruit pulp has been made from fruit
that has been exported from Pakistan
  274 registered fruit pulp importers in Pakistan
Source : Pakistan
Bureau of statistics
What is fruit pulp processing? It’s importance
• Solid mass obtained from crushing or grinding of fresh fruits
• Categorized on the basis of storage condition, i.e., in powder,
liquid or frozen form
• It increases the shelf life also no alteration in taste, color and
nutritional value of fruit
• Prevents post-harvest losses and storage constraints
Innovative ways to integrate the pulp of fruit
into food production

• As an enhancer- flavor
• As a sweetener- organic sweetener
• For nutrient value- organic source of nutrients
• As a texture agent- provides texture and smoothness
Steps involved in fruit pulp processing
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Step 1: Raw material reception
• Raw material is received
• Weighed and evaluated for quality

Step 2: Sorting and grading

• preselection for further processing
• Sorted and graded on the basis of
physical parameters
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Step 3: Washing and sanitization
• Fruits have a lot of dust- cause of contamination
• Chemicals and fertilizers used during farming-
chemical contamination
• Thorough washing and sanitization of fruits-
removal of all sorts of contaminants

Steps 4: Raw material maturation

• Fruit no full ripened at the time of harvest
• Passed from ripening chamber having ethylene
generator- facilitates ripening
• Carbon Dioxide produced during ripening
removed to control toxicity
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Step 5: Pulp processing
i. Peeling and cutting- fruit peeled and
chopped
ii. Destoning- fruit seeds are removed
iii. Crushing- fruit is squeezed and crushed

Step 6: Pasteurization and homogenization

• Pulp may contain microbes and germ- makes
it unhealthy
• Heat treatment given- deactivates microbial
activity in pulp
• Makes the product safe and increases the shelf
life
• Pulp is stirred and mixed- homogenization
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Step 7: Packaging and storage
• Pulp is cooled down
• Filled in to bottles or cans- under
aseptic conditions
• Stored in warehouse- under
optimal storage conditions
  4 Special Economic Zones within CPEC that are
targeted at food processing
Project Name Type of industry Area
Rashakai Economic Zone, M1, Fruit, Food, Packaging, Textile stitching, Knitting 1,000 acres
Nowshera
Bostan Industrial Zone Fruit processing, Agricultural machinery, Pharmaceutical, 1,000 acres
Motor bikes assembly, Chromites, Cooking Oil, Ceramic
Industries, Ice and Cold Storage, Electrical Appliance, Halal
Food Industry

Allama Iqbal Industrial City, M3, Textile, Steel, Food processing, Plastics, Agriculture, Printing 3,000 acres
Faisalabad and Packaging, Light Engineering

ICT Model Industrial Zone, Steel, Food processing, Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals, 500 acres
Islamabad Printing and Packaging, Light Engineering