Aseptic cold filling plants (2)
Aseptic cold bottling plants are being increasingly installed in non-alcoholic beverage operations. This can be attributed to more stringent hygiene requirements due to the multiplicity of new beverage brands and associated new, innovative, microbiologically sensitive products and the move away from cold sterilisation agents. Furthermore, quality specifications that have to be met despite dropping hot filling and increased use of PET and PEN bottles or suitable alternatives have provided added impetus.
Commercial flash pasteurisation plants have already been covered in an earlier article in Brauwelt International (4/04, 236 - 241). This part, dealing with plant configuration, describes the theoretical background and concepts and also details the various production areas. 1). 2)..
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