FIELD: food industry.SUBSTANCE: method of sterilizing cherry compote involves placing the cans with the product after seaming and placing it in a carrier to prevent the covers from being torn off during the heat treatment process. Cans are cooled in the upper row of the first heat treatment zone with water of 40 °C for 6 min. Water can be heated to 58–60 °C and flows down to the cans in the bottom row of the first zone, heating them. Cans are transferred to the second zone, where they are cooled in the upper row with water at a temperature of 60 °C, which is heated up to 78–80 °C and drains, heating the banks in the bottom row of the second zone for 6 minutes. Cans are transferred to the third zone, where they are cooled in the upper zone with water at 80 °C, which heats up to 95–98 °C and flows down, heating the cans in the bottom row of the third zone for 6 minutes. Cans are transferred to the fourth zone, where heating is carried out with air at a temperature of 140 °C and a speed of 8.0 m/s for 10 minutes. Then cans are fed to the top row of the third zone to continue the heat treatment, the water after heating the cans in the first and second zones is used to cool the cans in the upper row of the second and third zones. Water after heating of cans in third zone is used for mixing and heating of water to required temperature in all zones of cooling. During the heat treatment, the cans with the product rotate from the bottom to the cover at a frequency of 0.13 s-1.EFFECT: invention provides higher quality of final product.1 clСпособ стерилизации компота из вишни включает установку банок с продуктом после закатки устанавливают в носитель, предотвращающий срыв крышек в процессе тепловой обработки. Осуществляют охлаждение банок в верхнем ряду первой зоны тепловой обработки водой температурой 40°C в течение 6 мин. Вода при охлаждении банок нагревается до 58-60°C и стекает на банки в нижнем ряду первой зоны, нагревая их. Банки переносят во вторую зону, где осуществля
