Abstract: A relocatable plant for citrus juice extraction includes several trailers which are connected together on site to form the relocatable plant. The plant includes a fruit handling trailer, a juicing trailer, a chilling trailer, a tank trailer, a generator trailer, a detachable walkway platform interconnecting the trailers and a plurality of entryways along the walkways for allowing ingress and egress of personnel. A method aspect of the invention includes obtaining fresh citrus juice on a commercial scale by stationing the relocatable plant on site at a citrus grove having fruit ready for harvest, and processing citrus fruit through the plant at a rate sufficient to produce at least 500 gallons of juice per hour of operation.

Abstract: A mobile apparatus and method for processing citrus fruit into juice on-site at a grove comprises a hopper, at least one fruit washer, a citrus peel oil separator, a dryer for drying the fruit, a juice extractor for extracting juice from the fruit, a pulp separator for separating pulp from the extracted juice, and a refrigerated juice tank for holding the juice. The mobile apparatus is positioned on a support having a plurality of wheels. A source of hot water may be connected to the fruit washer. A controller is operably connected for controlling the apparatus. A method comprises positioning a mobile citrus fruit processing apparatus on-site at the citrus grove, the apparatus comprising a fruit washer, and a juice extractor; processing the fruit in the apparatus for extracting juice; and refrigerating the extracted juice.