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tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex
PostPosted: Fri Jul 31, 15 5:13 pm    Post subject: Apple pressing Reply with quote
    

Season is almost upon us, we really don't have time to juice all our apples, nor do we have the necessary HSE thingy to pasteurise for sale. We used a local(ish) firm last year but they charged almost 2.00 p/bottle (including bottle) with us delivering apples and them delivering back juice.

This is far too expensive for us to sell, does anyone know of anyone in the SE/London that can deal with small batch pressing?

Old-Chads-Orchard



Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 394
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 15 7:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Out of interest what would you consider a fair price? May offer the service around my area, need to get use out of my new kit & get some income!

Falstaff



Joined: 27 May 2009
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 15 9:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

hMMM

What new kit have you got ?

Old-Chads-Orchard



Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 394
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 15 9:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

this n that
Problem I have at the mo is having somewhere to put it, need to find somewhere to rent or find a builder rather pronto

Falstaff



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PostPosted: Mon Aug 24, 15 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Old-Chads-Orchard wrote:
this n that .............


See you around x

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45389
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 2:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Steve, local farmshop sells own pressed apple juice at £2.75 (they send it to somewhere in Kent for pressing/bottling).

If we cost our apples at £1.50 p/kg then I'm guessing you're looking at 1.65 worth of apples per litre of juice = £1.24 of apples per 750ml bottle. Does that sound about right?

No idea on bottle/pressing costs

Lorrainelovesplants



Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 6521
Location: Dordogne
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 2:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

This is why I dont do apple juice to sell - for the effort and the red tape involved you hardly make enough to cover costs (unless you are huge).
There are some juicers in Devon, but they are charging around £2.20- £2.40 per bottle to juice.
Pasteurisation is slow unless they are in line pasteurising and that is expensive.
Ill do some juice for our apple donors and it will be pasteurised (bath pasteurised) but it dont pay me.

Old-Chads-Orchard



Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 394
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 3:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I am just writing off setup costs, lpg in line pastueriser arriving next month. Need to work out labour costs etc per press & bottle run but if 100+litres it would be worth a few hours of my time. Biggest issue for me would be apple waste disposal

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45389
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Old-Chads-Orchard wrote:
Biggest issue for me would be apple waste disposal


Compost for mulch?

Hairyloon



Joined: 20 Nov 2008
Posts: 15425
Location: Today I are mostly being in Yorkshire.
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Pig food?

Old-Chads-Orchard



Joined: 07 Dec 2005
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Location: Malpas, Cheshire
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Doing both with my own apple waste, someone elses would be a headache

dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 45376
Location: yes
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 5:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

the problem with more pigs is feeding them the rest of the year.would buying ready for slaughter in late summer and finishing them to a bit bigger for "apple pork"for christmas (or hams etc) be an option?

Old-Chads-Orchard



Joined: 07 Dec 2005
Posts: 394
Location: Malpas, Cheshire
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 5:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Pigs aren't mine, son of a local farmer has them & I swap apple waste for bacon, they can only eat so much though. Going off track here though. Need to work out sums to see how much it costs me to press & bottle say 100l of juice, depending on bottles I think £2 is a rip off.

Pilsbury



Joined: 13 Dec 2004
Posts: 5645
Location: East london/Essex
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 5:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thing is do you want to do it so your kit is getting used and you make a few pennies or as an additional part of the business paying above minimum wage?

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45389
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 15 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Old-Chads-Orchard wrote:
I think £2 is a rip off.


So do I

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