I got some (A lot!) of "trash apples" I.E. Apples that fell early, rotting apples, apples with bugs etc, for free. And I have decided to fuck about trying to figure out how much safe and edible (And delishious) product I can get from it. Today, september 24th, I processed the first 52 apples. Total weight 9737grams. After coring them and removing rot and dirt and such, 8kilogram. (8.5 on a big scale whilst inside a 500gr tub. Average weight per apple was 187.23grams. Heaviest 296grams, lightest 92grams, Standard deviation 65.9grams. This yielded 3 Liters of Apple juice at 1066grams/liter at 4degrees Celcius (Max 515grams of sugar. More reasonably 400-450grams of sugar.). Very sweet, quite thick, likely due to excess pectin.
Day two, September 25th, I processed 65 apples. Total weight 10584grams. After coring them, removing rot and dirt and such, 6.5kilograms. Average weight 162.83grams. Heaviest 327 grams, lightest 68grams, standard deviation 55.7grams. This yielded 3.2 Liters of Apple juice at 1045grams/liter at 4degrees Celsius(Max 374grams of sugar. More reasonably 300-320grams of sugar.). Very sweet, and still surprisingly thick for the fact I removed the peels which contain most of the pectin.
Day three, October 2nd, I got some new trash apples, I processed all 32 of them. Total weight 7020grams. After coring them and removing the rot and dirt and such, 5.5kilograms. Average weight 219grams. Heaviest 419grams, lightest 150grams, standard deviation 59.7grams. This yielded 3.5 Liters of Apple juice at 1070grams/liter at 4 degrees Celcius(Max 639 grams of sugar, more reasonably 580-600grams of sugar.) Very sweet, quite thick, but less than the previous two batches.
Not anywhere near enough data to draw results from yet, but it appears peeling them increases yield, but also massively increases processing time, so it is not worth it to me. Anyhow, byproduct of the first run of this experiment is about 10kg of applesauce which I will be distributing among friends. #cottage core for life or whatever.
Day two, September 25th, I processed 65 apples. Total weight 10584grams. After coring them, removing rot and dirt and such, 6.5kilograms. Average weight 162.83grams. Heaviest 327 grams, lightest 68grams, standard deviation 55.7grams. This yielded 3.2 Liters of Apple juice at 1045grams/liter at 4degrees Celsius(Max 374grams of sugar. More reasonably 300-320grams of sugar.). Very sweet, and still surprisingly thick for the fact I removed the peels which contain most of the pectin.
Day three, October 2nd, I got some new trash apples, I processed all 32 of them. Total weight 7020grams. After coring them and removing the rot and dirt and such, 5.5kilograms. Average weight 219grams. Heaviest 419grams, lightest 150grams, standard deviation 59.7grams. This yielded 3.5 Liters of Apple juice at 1070grams/liter at 4 degrees Celcius(Max 639 grams of sugar, more reasonably 580-600grams of sugar.) Very sweet, quite thick, but less than the previous two batches.
Not anywhere near enough data to draw results from yet, but it appears peeling them increases yield, but also massively increases processing time, so it is not worth it to me. Anyhow, byproduct of the first run of this experiment is about 10kg of applesauce which I will be distributing among friends. #cottage core for life or whatever.