Plant for deaerating and heating vegetable product

A plant for extracting, de-aerating and heating a vegetable product comprising:

• an extraction section for treating a vegetable starting product, in order to obtain an extracted vegetable product;
• a storage reservoir of said extracted vegetable product;
• a cold de-aeration section for de-aerating said extracted vegetable product obtaining a cold de-aerated extracted vegetable product, said cold de-aeration step being carried out at a temperature T1 less than 35° C.;
• a heating section arranged to heat said vegetable product from a starting temperature to a final temperature, obtaining a heated product;
• wherein said cold de-aeration section is located downstream of said extraction section;
• wherein said heating section is located downstream of said cold de-aeration section, said heating section arranged to heat said cold de-aerated product from said temperature T1 to a final temperature T2, with T2>T1, obtaining a de-aerated and heated product;
• wherein said storage reservoir is located downstream of said heating section such that in said storage reservoir a predetermined amount of vegetable de-aerated and heated product is present at said temperature T2,
• and
• wherein a deviation means is provided located downstream of said storage reservoir, said deviation means arranged to feed selectively said heated de-aerated product to an exit section located downstream of said storage reservoir, or to a recirculation point located between said cold de-aeration section and said heating section, such that when needed a temporary recirculation can be carried out of said product without changing its sugar concentration and without changing the product taste.