Food and Beverage

• CO₂ Vapour polishing, multi-stage filtration for the beverage industry.

  • Soft drinks
  • Beer and cider drinks
  • Mineral water
  • Sparkling wine

  Problem:

  Carbon Dioxide (CO₂) is a by-product of many different processes. Each source type can have source-specific impurities.

  These should be removed by the industrial gas supplier during the purification process, but small traces can remain. Carbon Dioxide vapour is the only industrial gas used as an ingredient by the beverage industry. It has many uses, but the most important one is for carbonating the beverage. Without CO₂, our beverages would not sparkle.

  Beverage brand owners and manufacturers protect their products and processes by requiring multi-stage CO₂ vapour polishing filtration systems.

  Without this protection the finished beverage is at risk of being contaminated. This contamination can result in off-flavours, smells and appearance.

  The beverage industry and its CO₂ suppliers set quality guidelines which are strictly followed to ensure the beverage is 100% safe.

  Solution:

  With its modular design and small footprint, Carboguard is easy to extend when needed. There is a model for each application.

  Benefits:

  • 12 months cartridge service life
  • Unique Carbonyl Sulphide barrier included
  • Performance guarantee
  • 50% less cartridges used
  • 10 year housing warranty
  • Integrated pre and post filtration
  • 4 times faster to service
  • 400 – 4000 kg/hr flows covered with a single model, 8 models in the range and higher flows available.

  Carbon Dioxide Purification

  Improving Beverage Security and Quality via Protection of Carbonation CO₂.

  Consistent high-quality CO₂ in carbonisation of beverages is important for product security of carbonated beverages.

  Acting as vapour polishers, carbon dioxide purifiers are designed to purify gas to the beverage quality guidelines. The systems provide in-line quality protection against peak levels of trace contaminants that may occasionally be present in beverage grade carbon dioxide.

  The unit’s capacity may be matched to the required process flowrate by adding or removing adsorption cartridges and columns. The protection unit is installed after the vaporiser and processes the CO₂ in its gaseous phase.

• Air and gas filtration

  • Air or other gases coming in contact with bottled water should be sterile filtered to help prevent secondary contamination.
  • Particle filtration
  • Sterile filtration

  Taste and odour reduction

  • Activated carbon filters help reduce objectionable taste and odour in bottled water.

  Rapid hygiene monitoring

  • This offers rapid and reliable solutions to monitor biological contamination on surfaces and in water.
  • Effective environmental hygiene management helps reduce levels of contamination in finished products, leading to improved quality, fewer batch rejections and lower risk of product recall.

  

  Water testing

  • We use sample-ready plates that replace conventional agar, petri-dishes, media pads and disposable filter tunnels used in the microbial testing of water.
  • We offer four options to cover your unique testing needs:

  1. Heterotrophic count
  2. Coliform count
  3. Enterobacteriaceae count
  4. Yeast and mould count

  Microorganism/micro-filtration

  • Filters that help reduce HPC and other microorganisms in bottled water.
  • These filters offer superior microorganism control as well as high durability in common cleaning and sanitation protocols.

  Particulate filtration

  • Filters that help control particulate and reduce turbidity in water.

  Water filtration/filter housings

  • A wide range of filter housings to accommodate membrane filters, lenticular-style depth filters and utility filters.
  • Designed to meet the standards of the Food and Beverage Industry with highly polished stainless steel surfaces, easy to drain and clean designs, and minimization of product hold-up.

Controlling particulate in edible oil processing

• Filter bags, and filter bag replacement systems to help control particulate during processing and at final load-out.
• Certain process steps in the production of edible oils, such as bleaching, hydrogenation, and deodorization, can create unwanted particulate.
• If not removed from the oil, this particulate matter can diminish the quality of the oil. 3M Purification developed the DF series of filters to retrofit conventional filter bag housings.
• The unique design of the DF-series filter provides 62% more surface area compared to a conventional filter bag. This leads to increased service life, and fewer filter change-outs.