Abstract: A method for recovering pomace from a citrus fruit includes providing the citrus fruit to an extractor that separates the fruit into three primary product streams, (i) pomace, juice and pulp, (ii) seeds, peel caps, and peel frits, (iii) waste peel. The extractor includes a vertically oriented strainer tube with axially oriented slots, i.e., slots parallel to the longitudinal axis of the strainer tube, to effectively separate pomace, juice and pulp from the other two primary product streams. An apparatus for performing the method is described.