A Clear Solution For Peterson Farms' Juice Making Operation

Peterson Farms is well-known for its line of frozen products, including apples, tart and sweet cherries, blueberries, peaches, and plums. The company, based in Shelby, Michigan, annually produces and markets over 125 million finished pounds of frozen fruit and asparagus.

In 1999, Peterson Farms established a juice processing operation to complement its frozen fruit production while extending its brand. More than five million gallons of juice flow each year from a state-of-the-art juice processing facility. Here, the by-products of the fresh-cut and frozen fruit production, including peels and cores, are processed along with whole apples to make juice of exceptional clarity and quality.

For nine months of the year, the system operates 24/7 and filters three 15,000-gallon batches of apple juice each day and up to 20,000-gallon batches per day during peak periods. Processing this volume of juice requires a durable and highly efficient filtration system.