A process for manufacturing aloe gel from the leaves of the Aloe vera
plant, comprising the following steps: cleaning each leaf; hand filleting
each aloe leaf to separate the internal gel and leaving behind leaf
residue; collecting the internal gel in a stainless steel container;
Milling the gel in a multimill to obtain gel having particle size less
than 1.5 mm; adding charcoal in the range of 1% of the mass of the gel in
particle size greater than 1.5 mm and mixing it well with the juice and
pasteurizing the gel by heating the gel to about 70 to 75 degrees C. for
about half an hour and; prefiltering the juice to remove the charcoal;
adjusting the pH of the juice to lie on the range of 3.5 to 4 using lemon
juice; finally filtering of the pH adjusted juice using a filter bed and
nutch filtration to remove even trace fibers from the juice; filling the
fiber free filtered juice in sterilized bottles and air tight sealing of
the bottles; autoclaving the sealed bottles in an autoclave at about
121.degree. C. for about 30 minutes.