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Production of Fruit
Based Beverages

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 From fruit to beverage

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Fruit Ingredients

Machine type
Fruit handling Ingredient handling
Juice winning Ingredient blending

St
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Processing
ra

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Heat treatment Pasteurisation

s
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po
rt
Juice clarification Deaeration

Issue
Juice concentration Filling

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Aroma recovery Beverage
Fruit juice concentrate

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Storage
Distribution
 Beverages

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Alcoholic Coffee Soft drinks Packaged
beverages Tea water

Machine type
Processing
Beer Wine Spirits
Still drinks Carbonated
soft drinks

Issue
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Fruit juice Nectars Other
still drinks

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 A still drink processing line

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Citrus
ple
Tropical Ap e
ap
Juice Gr
rr y

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Be
Water
Raw material handling
Dry sugar
1 LITRE

Fruit

Machine type
concentrate

Sugar
dissolving

Processing
Steam

Issue
Batch
blending

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Cleaning station Pasteurisation Aseptic filler
Tetra Therm Aseptic Drink Tetra Brik Aseptic

OH 669
Alcip 10/20/100
 Ingredients for fruit based beverages

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Fruit base

Machine type
Water
Sweetners

Processing
Acids
Flavourings

Issue
Colourings

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Other – stabilisers
– preservatives

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– antioxidants
 Ingredients for pure juices

Fruit juice concentrate

Pulp/Fruit cells
Aroma
Water

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 Tetra Albrix

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for continuous sugar dissolving

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Continuous production

Machine type
In-line Brix control
Heat recovery
Sugar suspension

Processing
Automated process Granulated sugar Sugar solution
Water
control Steam
Compact design

Issue
Water

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Steam

Sugar

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solution
 Still drink blending

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Continouos versus batch blending

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Concentrate
Batch

Machine type
Blending
Water

Processing
Continuous (in-line)
Water
blending
sattcontrol

86.6% STEAM
29.3% OIL PRESSURE
57.7% GAS FLOW
READY

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5

Concentrate 7

4
8

5
9

6
C

+/-
F6 F7

F8 F9
1 2 3 E
N
T
E
SHIFT 3 R
0 F10 F11
Pasteuriser

Issue
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Static mixer BxT

LT
To
pasteuriser

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 Blending
Water

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sattcontrol
Control
86.6% STEAM
29.3% OIL PRESSURE
57.7% GAS FLOW
READY

F1 F2 F3 F4 F5
panel
Concentrate FT 7 8 9 C F6 F7

4 5 6 +/-

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F8 F9
1 2 3 E
N
T
E
SHIFT 3 R
0 F10 F11

Option
FT Buffer tank
RV

Machine type
FT Static mixer BxT

Processing
LT Blended product
to pasteuriser

Concentrate 2
Options

Issue
FT = Flow transmitter

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RV = Regulating valve
FT BxT = Brix transmitter
(refractometer)
LT = Level transmitter

OH 674
Sugar solution
Small components
Reclaim products
 Product stabilising

❑ Homogenisation
❑ Pasteurisation

❑ Deaeration

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 Pasteurisation

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Machine type
Enzymes are already inactivated.

Processing
Therefore pasteurisation is aimed
at microbiological activity

Issue
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OH 676:1
 Pasteurisation

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Machine type
Goal: Commercial sterility, i.e. destroy
all microorganisms capable of

Processing
growth in high acid environment

Issue
How Use sufficient heat load + safety

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margin

OH 676:2
 What is sufficient heat load?

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Amount of microorganisms depend on:

Machine type
❑ raw materials

Processing
❑ hygiene, infection risks

Issue
❑ time/temperature before

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pasteurisation
❑ CIP frequency

OH 677
 Variations in microbiological load and economical

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losses if commercial sterility is not achieved has lead
to "industry standards"

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Machine type
Processing
Issue
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OH 678
 TM
Tetra Therm Aseptic Drink

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– type WideStream WAD
Product
reject

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25°C
(77°F)
5
Water

Machine type
CIP Dosing
Option 10
12 95°C
3 (203°F)
4
Acid Lye

Processing
Cooling Steam
Product water
inlet Condensate

15°C

Issue
(59°F) 1 2 Cooling
water
Option

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1. Balance tank 6 Option
2. Product pump
8
3. Plate heat exchanger
4. Hot water system 60°C
5. Holding tube (140°F)
6. Deaerator (option)
8. Homogeniser (option)
10. Aseptic filling machine
12. CIP dosing (option)

OH 679:1
 TM
Tetra Therm Aseptic Drink
– type Spiraflo SAD

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Cooling
Product water
reject

25°C (77°F)

Machine type
10
CIP Dosing Cooling
Option water
12 60°C Option
(140°F) 6

Processing
5
Acid Lye
95°C
(203°F)

Issue
Product 3
inlet
15°C
(59°F) 2

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1
1. Balance tank
2. Product pumps Option
3. Tetra Spiraflo 4 Water
4. Hot water unit
8
5. Holding tube
6. Deaerator (option)
8. Homogeniser (option) Steam
10. Aseptic filling machine
12. CIP dosing (option) Condensate

OH 679:2
 Deaeration

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Machine type
Gases in the product dissolved or as bubbles,

Processing
can cause oxidation reactions,
foaming at the filler

Issue
or reduced pasteurisation effect

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OH 680:1
 Deaeration

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Goal: Reduce amount of gases

Machine type
Reduce oxygen level to below 1 ppm

Processing
Issue
How Use vacuum to "boil off" the gases.

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Product that is boiled off is
condensed back.

OH 680:2
 TM
Tetra Therm Aseptic Drink Cooling
To vacuum water out
Options

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pump
Tetra Alrox

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Machine type
Principle
• Remove free air and
dissolved oxygen

Processing
Applications
• Juices, fruit drinks, purées Product in
and concentrates before aseptic filling

Issue
Customer benefits

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• Higher retention of Vitamin C
• Improved product quality
Noticeable difference in colour and flavour
for orange juice after 4 - 6 months ambient storage
Product out

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• Avoid foaming at filler
 Homogenisation

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Machine type
Certain products
(e.g. nectars or drinks with a comminute base)

Processing
contain particles that sediment or oils that
separate

Issue
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OH 682:1
 Homogenisation

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Goal: Reduce sedimentation/separation

Machine type
speed by reducing size of particles/oil
globules

Processing
Issue
How Subject particles/oil globules to

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high shear forces

OH 682:2
 Homogenisation

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Homogenised product

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Pressure
5 - 50 bar

Machine type
Processing
Issue
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Unhomogenised
product
Pressure
150 - 350 bar

OH 682:3
 Filling

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Hot filling > 85 °C

Machine type
Cold filling < 4°C

Processing
Aseptic filling ˜ 25 °C

Issue
– affect design of pasteuriser

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 Storage

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Important "processing" step for beverage quality

Machine type
Processing
Important parameters during storage

Issue
Oxygen availability

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Package type
Storage temperature
Storage time

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Processing Motives

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Course Conclusion

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