The main examples of berry fruit are as follows: blackcurrants, gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, bilberries, cranberries, buckthorn berries, elderberries and barberries. All these types of fruit can be juiced by means of a decanter.

The process technology involved and attainable throughputs will be described in the following using the example of blackcurrants and strawberries.

The fresh or defrosted berries are stemmed, crushed, heated and subjected to enzyme treatment. This product to be treated is then conveyed via a variablespeed and gentle-action Mohno pump to the decanter, where it is separated into juice and pomace.