Aseptic filling plants Part 1: Commercial flash pasteurisation plants
In the brewing and beverage industry, flash pasteurisation plants are fully integrated in production and filling processes. In the non-alcoholic beverage sector, cold sterile processes are de facto not used ahead of filling, mainly due to the pasty or hazy properties of some products. Plate units or tube-bundle heat exchangers are used depending on consistency of beverages being pasteurised. This contribution details weak points and problem areas.
Safety requirements for flash pasteurisation plants are becoming increasingly stringent due to the variety of new mixed beverage types and higher quality standards dispensing with tunnel pasteurisation, hot filling or cold sterilisation agents such as Velcorin in glass and PET filling. 1)...
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