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• Steps
• Tips
• Warnings
• What do you need

Noni juice is very easy to make if you have the patience and a few months of free time. The strong drink has long been considered a natural medicine, and the antioxidants it contains was believed to help fight heart disease, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Some also claim that it can help overcome chronic pain, energize, and combat obesity and digestive disorders.

Steps

1. 1 Sterilize a large jar. Fill a jar with hot, soapy water and let sit for at least 5 minutes. Wipe the inside and outside of the can with a clean sponge or rag, and rinse under hot water.
   • Choose a glass jar or food grade plastic container. Non-food grade metal and plastic jars can contain potentially hazardous chemicals that can enter the juice during fermentation.
   • The jar should be at least 15 cm high and 10 cm in diameter. The medium noni fruit is about 10-13 cm.
2. 2 Take the white noni fruit. Ripe honey-yellow noni fruit.It is very important to choose the fruit before it turns white. If you are picking noni by hand, instead of buying it, pluck carefully to avoid pieces of branches falling off the tree.
3. 3 Wash the fruit and let it dry. Rinse the noni fruit under running water to remove any dirt. Place in the sun and let dry for several hours. After a few hours, the flesh will be soft and transparent. The fruit will also give off a wonderful flavor. This is the state that your noni fruit must reach in fermentation.
4. 4 Place the fruit in the jar from behind the seal with the lid. Secure the lid firmly to the container, but do not take extra steps to create a vacuum. If air is allowed to flow freely into the can, it can lead to deterioration, necessitating the use of a lid. However, gases are generated during fermentation. If your can is not large enough it can create dangerous pressure, but most gases must escape through the small opening between the lid and the container.
5. 5 Leave noni to tune for 6-8 weeks. Place the jar outside, preferably under the sun. During this time, the juice will naturally be released from the fruit. It is light amber at first, but it will darken after a few weeks.
6. 6 Strain the sediment with a mesh. Juice is not the only thing that is produced during the fermentation process. Pulp and other particles will also be in the juice, but they need to be filtered. Strain the juice through a fine sieve and pour into a second sterilized jar. The juice should run fairly easily through the sieve.
   • You can also use a silk stencil, paint sieve, or cheesecloth to strain the noni juice as much as possible.
7. 7 Pasteurize the juice. You can drink unpasteurized juice, but pasteurized juice has a longer shelf life and is safer to drink. Place an open can of noni juice in a pot of boiling water. The water level should cover the level of the juice, but should not be high enough to get into the jar. When the temperature reaches 82.2 degrees Celsius, let the juice simmer for 30 minutes before removing the jar from the water.
8. 8 Check the acidity level of the juice. Use litmus paper to check the acidity level of the juice. Carefully fermented juice should have an acidity level of pH 3.5 or less. If the indicator is higher, then this may mean that the juice is sour.
9. 9 Seal the jar and store in the refrigerator. Technically, noni juice can be kept at room temperature for a specified period of time, but refrigerated storage ensures optimum freshness. As a general rule, you need to use fermented noni juice for two years to keep it fresh.

Tips

• Drink 30-60 ml of noni juice a day to get the most out of the juice. If the juice is too sugary for you, you can mix it with other fruit juices or sweeten it with agave.

Warnings

• Too cloudy juice or juice with a too high acidity level must be poured out, since all the signs of bacterial infection are on the face. You should also pour out the juice if it tastes too bad.
• Avoid using noni juice if you have chronic kidney disease, liver disease, or diabetes. The potassium level in noni juice turns it into a real poison for diseased kidneys and liver. The high glucose levels in noni juice also make it potentially dangerous for people with diabetes.

What do you need

• Two large glass jars with lids
• Sieve, silk stencil, paint sieve or gauze
• Large saucepan
• Food thermometer
• Litmus test