Juice production using apples from Hiroshima resumed Damage caused by heavy rain in western Japan 18:14 on July 2
The production of juice using apples from Hiroshima Prefecture, which had been interrupted due to the heavy rain in western Japan, was resumed, and bottling is being carried out at the factory in Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture.
JA Hiroshima City has been promoting the development of juice products using "Geikita apples" produced in the prefecture, but due to the heavy rain in western Japan, the factory in Mihara city was flooded to a height of 2 meters or more. I had to stop production.
Since the factory was restored last year, the production of apple juice has been resumed since this time, and the juice is bottled for sale in the middle of this month.
According to JA Hiroshima City, 2,000 bottles of 500 ml juice will be produced and sold from 2.6 tons of apples.
“I'm relieved to be able to sell it. I want people to know the deliciousness of Geikita's apples through juice,” said Erina Arakawa of JA Hiroshima City's Agricultural Economics Department, Agricultural Promotion Division.
Akira Nakano, General Manager of the development and sales department of Hiroshima Coop Co., Ltd., in charge of the plant, said, "In the first year, all the raw materials were submerged and lost.
I am glad that they finally become products. " It was