Terry Chambers, left, and Jim Early stand in front of five new tanks added this year to increase bulk storage capacity of finished juice and concentrate products. Photo by Melissa Hansen Apples make up the bulk of the volume of fruit processed at FruitSmart, but it’s not traditional apple juice concentrate they are making. A unique cold-pressed technology called NFC (not from concentrate) is used to create what is essentially the modern, food-safe version of old-fashioned apple cider like that pressed in backyards. “It puts the apple back into apple juice,” said company co-owner Jim Early, adding that the cold […]
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