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[[File:Apple juice with 3apples.jpg|thumb|Apple juice with 3 [[apple]]s]]
[[Image:Applejuice f83e1c36ea.png|thumb|Clarified apple juice, from which [[pectin]] and [[starch]] have been removed, in a plastic bottle]]
'''Apple juice''' is a [[juice|fruit juice]] made by the [[Maceration (food)|maceration]] and pressing of an [[Apple]]. The resulting expelled juice may be further treated by enzymatic and centrifugal clarification to remove the [[starch]] and [[pectin]], which holds fine particulate in suspension, and then [[pasteurization|pasteurize]]d for packaging in glass, metal or [[aseptic processing]] system containers, or further treated  by dehydration processes to a [[concentrate]]. 
[[File:Russet apple juice.JPG|thumb|[[Russet apple]] juice from [[Bolney]], [[Mid Sussex]], [[England]], in a glass.]]
Due to the complex and costly equipment required to extract and clarify juice from apples in large volume, apple juice is normally produced commercially. In the [[United States]], unfiltered fresh apple juice is made by smaller operations in areas of high apple production, in the form of unclarified [[apple cider]]. Apple juice is one of the most common fruit hijuices in the world, with world production led by [[China]], [[Poland]], the United States, and [[Germany]].<ref>[http://fruitthemes.com/Apple%20Juice%20Feature%20May%202005.pdf USDA Foreign Agricultural Service. World Apple Juice Situation. 2004-2005.] Retrieved 2008-02-20.</ref>

==Production==
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==References==
{{Commons category|Apple juice}}
<references />{{fruit juice}}
{{Apples}}

[[Category:Apple products]]
[[Category:Fruit juice]]