ISO advice w/bottling tomato juice

[pengyou]

Can the 600 ml bottles that water is sold in be used to bottle tomato juice - and other juices?

 

[CraigC]

If you're just wanting to use the bottle and not worried about preserving for stable shelf life, I'm sure you can. If you want to store it as you would in canning, I doubt it unless you can find bottle caps that will seal like mason jar lids.

 

[Bigjim68]

I have heard that the throwaway water bottles are not suitable for reuse, and I would be particularly careful about storing acid in them.

A better alternative for me would be wine bottles. There are several types of stoppers available, depending on what type of storage needed. I have a handful of the type of stoppers that used to be used in thermos bottles. Corkers are available, and bottle air pumps and the reusable stoppers would be be a better alternative.

 

[MrsLMB]

If you're just wanting to use the bottle and not worried about preserving for stable shelf life, I'm sure you can. If you want to store it as you would in canning, I doubt it unless you can find bottle caps that will seal like mason jar lids.

Agreed. I put tomato juice into used other type of fruit juice bottles once I open the can. Never had a bad taste or bad juice from doing that. But I always keep it in the fridge once opened.

 

[pengyou]

Thanks! Now, I just have to find a way to make tomato juice that tastes good. I use my masticating juicer and it always comes out with a bit of a slimy texture - not at all like the canned or bottles juices I have drank.