How Is Apple Juice Made? Apple farmers deliver apples for juice to the apple juice manufacturers during the harvest season. These apples are sorted to be sure they meet the manufacturer's high-quality standards and the apples are then delivered to the plants for processing. Before pressing, the apples are taken into the plant and washed very well. From the washers, the apples are cut up by a"hammer mill" and turned into an apple mixture. The mixture is then sent to presses that squeeze the mixture to get the apple juice out. The apple juice is then put into tanks. From the tanks, the juice is sent through filters to remove the bits of unwanted apple. The juice then goes to one of two places: Directly to the bottling line- it is filed in bottles and cooled. The apple juice is sent to another plant where much of the water is removed to make the product thick. The resulting concentrated juice is then stored cold in steel tanks to wait to be bottled at another time.