- NO pesticide residues
- NO preservatives
- NO additives
- NO colouring or flavouring
- NO sugar added
- NO Water added
- NOT-from-concentrate (NFC)
SOGA farms are all:
- 100% Organic certified
- Ecocert & NOP certified
- Globalgap and Natures Choice accredited
- Ethical Audit accredited
The difference is in how the fruit is processed. Not-from-concentrate means the fruit is squeezed, the juice is pasteurized and then packaged. From-concentrate means the fruit is squeezed, the water is extracted, which produces a concentrated form similar to that you see in the frozen food department. At a later time the water is added back in and the juice is pasteurized and packaged.
Proper juice extraction is important to optimize the efficiency of the juice production process as well as the quality of the finished drink. The latter is true because oranges have thick peels, which contain bitter resins that must be carefully separated to avoid tainting the sweeter juice. There are two automated extraction methods commonly used by the industry. The process we use places the fruit between two metal cups with sharpened metal tubes at their base. The upper cup descends and the fingers on each cup mesh to express the juice as the tubes cut holes in the top and bottom of the fruit. The fruit solids are compressed into the bottom tube between the two plugs of peel while the juice is forced out through perforations in the tube wall. At the same time, a water spray washes away the oil from the peel. This oil is reclaimed for later use.
SOGA ORGANIC MISSION STATEMENT
“We grow and produce South Africa’s only certified organic citrus juice products on a sustainable basis to give our customers safe and healthy food options”