CAF peripherals and aseptic sampling belong together
Cold Aseptic Filling (CAF) requires a filling plant that operates aseptically, with complete absence of germs in the filled containers and plant peripherals ahead of the filling plant that render the product to be filled completely germ-free thermally and keeps it such for a long period of time, before passing it on – cooled down again – to the filling plant. This is the only way of reliably achieving the increasingly long shelf lives of soft drinks, combined with the convenience of light plastic packaging, without addition of preservatives.