Aspall has installed a new apple press that will allow the Suffolk cider, apple juice and vinegar producer to triple its annual juice production.
The press replaces two 30-year-old machines, and will enable Aspall to supply its customers with an additional three million litres of juice a year by 2018. Aspall said this meant it would be able to increase its purchasing levels from local apple growers.
“The new facility will help us create jobs going forward and enable Aspall to enter new markets with English Apple Juice, a marketplace that is currently dominated by European juice coming into the UK,” said MD Des Smith. Aspall chairman Barry Chevallier Guild added that the company aimed to be able to buy fruit from local growers that wouldn’t otherwise be sold, because it didn’t meet the supermarket grade. “Ultimately we aim to get more English apple juice on supermarket shelves,” he said.
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