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ZKZ 62006<br />

ISSN 1433-1594 Vol. 27 No. 1 March <strong>2023</strong> US $ 12 · € 12<br />

Cover: Quantifying Drink Stability<br />

Keeping Soda Relevant<br />

Refreshing Anniversary Beer<br />

Trends in Bottling and Capping


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Editorial<br />

Keeping Milk Fresher for Longer<br />

When I was a kid, I lived for a while<br />

on a small farm. Milking the cows was<br />

hard work, but drinking the warm<br />

and creamy milk straightaway was<br />

a reward, nothing added, nothing<br />

taken away. Nowadays that would be<br />

seriously frowned upon. Too much fat<br />

or potential for dirt and disease are<br />

only two of the dangers!<br />

Half a century later, I am still here and<br />

in reasonable health! Many of the main<br />

challenges with milk production is in<br />

distribution and keeping it fresher for<br />

longer. In times where more people live<br />

in cities than on farms and during the<br />

pandemic, where visits to public places<br />

were kept to an absolute minimum,<br />

stockpiling foods and drinks was felt to<br />

be a necessity; so this food needs to be<br />

safe for as long as possible.<br />

Milk has traditionally been pasteurised<br />

using heat treatment to reduce<br />

microorganisms and bacteria or<br />

sterilised to remove them completely.<br />

Pasteurised milk lasts longer if kept<br />

refrigerated, whereas sterilised<br />

products can be kept for longer and at<br />

room temperature. Taste differences to<br />

fresh milk meant it took a long time for<br />

dairy drinks to become acceptable.<br />

As health concerns became more<br />

publicised, the move towards lower<br />

fat content was accepted, where<br />

separation technology removed the<br />

cream. More recently organic milk has<br />

become more popular, as well as nondairy<br />

milk drinks using grains. This<br />

initially came about as an alternative<br />

and protest against the hormone<br />

treatment for cows to increase yield.<br />

In the meantime there are several<br />

different processing options available to<br />

reduce contamination in food and dairy<br />

products. These include use of radio<br />

frequency and microwave technologies,<br />

as well as MST and raslysation.<br />

Microsecond technology (MST) has the<br />

ability to deliver the taste and nutrition<br />

of HTST pasteurisation and the shelflife<br />

benefits of UHT but with better<br />

taste and nutritional benefits as well as<br />

significant cost savings.<br />

Raslysation is a non-thermal treatment<br />

that uses UV-light combined with a<br />

special flow pattern. It is a patented<br />

technology from Denmark which<br />

can treat the vast majority of liquid<br />

products regardless of how opaque or<br />

visocus they are independent of the<br />

temperature to achieve the desired<br />

Ian D. Healey<br />

Editor-in-Chief<br />

Photo: BB<br />

microbial reduction. “UV is as effective<br />

as heat against foodborner pathogen<br />

and spoilage organisms, but it requires<br />

less energy and water, has no effect on<br />

taste and flavor and actually extends the<br />

shelf-life of the liquids,“ states Tatiana<br />

Koutchema, PhD, Research Scientist for<br />

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.<br />

Last year I was in Chicago for a few days.<br />

I found it fascinating to visit the Lincoln<br />

Park Zoo and watch city children learning<br />

where milk really comes from. I’m sure<br />

many readers can tell many stories all<br />

around the food and beverage industry!<br />

Cheers<br />

www.drink-tm.com<br />

If you like it – subscribe!<br />

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Contents<br />

Performance, Packaged<br />

ZKZ 62006<br />

ver been so effective.<br />

ISSN 1433-1594 Vol. 27 No. 1 March <strong>2023</strong> US $ 12 · € 12<br />

Issue 1 · March <strong>2023</strong><br />

Cover: Quantifying Drink Stability<br />

Keeping Soda Relevant<br />

Refreshing Anniversary Beer<br />

Trends in Bottling and Capping<br />

Drinks are often mixtures of different ingredients and are therefore liable<br />

to separation processes. It is important to quantify these separation processes<br />

to optimize drink formulations. The MultiScan MS 20 dispersion stability<br />

analysis system can reliably and efficiently analyse drink dispersions<br />

regarding their destabilization mechanisms and ageing characteristics<br />

Our cover story starts on page 6.<br />

Cover: DataPhysics Instruments<br />

Ingredients<br />

11 Keeping Soda Relevant to Gen Z<br />

15 New Concepts and the Latest Beverage Trends<br />

16 Celebrating Excellence: Fi Europe Innovation<br />

Awards Winners Unveiled<br />

Processing<br />

6 Quantifying the Long-Term Stability of Drinks<br />

18 Giving Clean a New Meaning: Standard Parts in<br />

Hygienic Design<br />

20 Bottoms Up: A Refreshing Pilsner to Celebrate<br />

JUMO's Anniversary<br />

23 Saving Energy with the ECO Service System<br />

24 Stopping Milk Loss in Dairies<br />

27 Brewery uses Robust Scales to Increase Efficiency<br />

During the Canning Process<br />

Everyday tap water in refillable bottles, calorie-free<br />

flavored carbonated waters and varied energy drinks have<br />

been the choice of beverage for many younger consumers<br />

during the past decade. The big soda brands are fighting<br />

back for share of thirst by appealing to this demographic<br />

with Instagrammable carbonated soft drinks that spark<br />

curiosity and conversation. Their outreach is growing.<br />

Read this up-to-date account on page 11<br />

As an innovative technology leader, JUMO has been<br />

supplying high-quality measurement and automation<br />

technology for the food industry for decades. In the<br />

brewing process, all relevant JUMO products that are<br />

supplied to the brewing industry were combined in one<br />

application - an anniversary beer created for the 75th<br />

anniversary in <strong>2023</strong>. The choice fell on an in-house,<br />

modern, and highly efficient brewery plant. See page 20<br />

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Contents<br />

Departments<br />

3 Editorial<br />

26 Fax<br />

42 Supplier's Guide<br />

Events<br />

38 interpack <strong>2023</strong><br />

40 Vitafoods Europe <strong>2023</strong><br />

41 Calendar of Events<br />

Packaging<br />

28 Efficiency Key as Juice Producers Squeezed<br />

30 Four Trends in Bottling & Capping Machinery<br />

32 A Project of Superlatives<br />

35 Packaging for Beverages is Growing more<br />

Sustainable<br />

Despite the economic disruption caused by the COVID-<br />

19 pandemic and more recently the cost-of-living crises<br />

impacting the UK, the demand for packaged products and<br />

a greater variety of such products is continuing to rise in<br />

certain sectors. Specifically, manufacturers in the beverage<br />

industry are faced with the pressure of providing product<br />

diversity while ensuring the continued requirements of<br />

compliance with standards. An analysis on page 30<br />

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Cover Story<br />

Quantifying the Long-Term Stability of<br />

Drinks<br />

Drinks are often mixtures of different ingredients and are therefore liable to separation<br />

processes. It is important to quantify these separation processes to optimize drink<br />

formulations. The MultiScan MS 20 dispersion stability analysis system, developed by<br />

DataPhysics Instruments, can reliably and efficiently analyze drink dispersions regarding their<br />

destabilization mechanisms and ageing characteristics. The following use case evaluates four<br />

whey-based drinks and compares their overall stability.<br />

by DR QIONGJIE LIU<br />

Many drinks, such as fruit juice and protein<br />

shakes, are complex multicomponent<br />

mixtures. A homogeneous composition<br />

with good flavor, texture, and nutritional<br />

values is desired. However, separation<br />

processes in these mixtures can strongly<br />

influence their taste and mouthfeel.<br />

Assuring long-term homogeneity<br />

and thus a long shelf life for such<br />

products requires thorough formulation<br />

optimization.<br />

Traditionally, separation processes<br />

were observed with the naked eye in a<br />

so called ‘shelf-life-test’. This procedure<br />

is highly subjective and time-consuming,<br />

hindering an efficient formulation<br />

optimization. However, understanding<br />

the stability of drink dispersions in<br />

detail is important for research and<br />

development departments in the drinks<br />

industry.<br />

MultiScan MS 20: Characterize<br />

Dispersions in Detail<br />

To solve the above issues, the German<br />

measuring device manufacturer Data-<br />

Physics Instruments has developed the<br />

MultiScan MS 20 dispersion stability<br />

analysis system for automatic optical<br />

stability and ageing analysis of liquid<br />

dispersions (Figure 1). The device was<br />

developed to characterize suspensions<br />

and emulsions in particular, and to allow a<br />

time- and temperature-resolved analysis<br />

of destabilization mechanisms. The Multi-<br />

Figure 1: DataPhysics Instruments’ MultiScan MS 20 stability analysis system can be fitted with up to<br />

six sample chambers.<br />

Scan MS 20 can detect and evaluate such<br />

mechanisms in more detail than any traditional<br />

shelf-life test would permit.<br />

The MultiScan MS 20 consists of a base<br />

unit to which up to six sample chambers<br />

can be added. Samples can be registered<br />

quickly and conveniently with a built-in<br />

as well as an optional handheld barcode<br />

reader. The six sample chambers, called<br />

ScanTowers, can be individually operated<br />

at different temperatures. Electric<br />

heating, with liquid counter-cooling,<br />

enables measurements between -10 °C<br />

and 80 °C.<br />

Visualizing and Quantifying<br />

Destabilization Processes<br />

With a MultiScan MS 20, destabilization<br />

mechanisms in dispersions can be<br />

visualized and quantified. The device<br />

achieves this through tracking changes<br />

in light intensity. To do so, it scans the<br />

sample repeatedly in a position-resolved<br />

manner. The patterns arising in the light<br />

intensity can give information on how the<br />

dispersion changes over time and what<br />

destabilization mechanisms might cause<br />

these changes.<br />

The setup is as follows: A sample<br />

is poured into a glass vial, which is<br />

then placed in a sample chamber,<br />

i.e., ScanTower. Two light sources<br />

and a light detector simultaneously<br />

move up and down along the sample<br />

(Figure 2). During the measurement,<br />

the whole sample height is scanned,<br />

detecting global and local changes. The<br />

software analyzes the light intensities<br />

transmitted through and backscattered<br />

by the sample. The transmission (light<br />

penetrating through the sample) and<br />

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backscattering (light reflected by the<br />

sample) intensities depend directly<br />

on the number, size, and type of the<br />

dispersed drops or particles.<br />

Hence, the light intensity changes when<br />

the dispersion destabilizes. Particles can<br />

sediment to the bottom of the sample<br />

container, so more particles interact with<br />

the light in this layer. Particles can also<br />

cream, meaning particles with a lower<br />

density than the surrounding liquid phase<br />

collect at the top of the liquid; therefore,<br />

more particles will interact with the light<br />

in the top layer of the dispersion. The<br />

measured profile of the dispersion shows<br />

decreasing transmission intensities in<br />

the respective area of the dispersion,<br />

while the backscattering intensities<br />

increase. Moreover, particles can cluster,<br />

minimising their interfacial area with the<br />

surrounding liquid phase. Such changes<br />

can be viewed as global changes in<br />

the transmission and backscattering<br />

intensities.<br />

Figure 2: The measurement principle of the MultiScan MS 20: The two light sources and the<br />

detector move up and down the sample vial for each measurement.<br />

light source<br />

sample<br />

scanning<br />

Figure 3: In the use case, four whey-based drinks were analyzed, flavored with peach, blood orange,<br />

multifruit and cassis (from left to right).<br />

Use Case: Whey-based Drinks<br />

Whey-based drinks are one of the most<br />

popular ready-to-drink protein drinks,<br />

owing to their superb nutritional qualities<br />

transmitted and<br />

backscattered<br />

intensities<br />

light source<br />

change in<br />

intensities<br />

detector<br />

and neutral flavor. For a favorable taste,<br />

whey proteins are usually mixed with<br />

fruits or vegetables. The stability of<br />

such multi-component recipes is a major<br />

issue during production, transport, and<br />

storage. Common challenges include<br />

crystallization of lactose stored in the<br />

fridge and coagulation of whey proteins.<br />

Therefore, it is of great importance to<br />

study whey-based drinks and modify their<br />

formulations to achieve high stability.<br />

Experimental Setup<br />

In this use case, four whey-based drinks,<br />

with cassis, peach, blood orange, and<br />

multifruit additions were analyzed using<br />

the MultiScan MS 20 dispersion stability<br />

analysis system. 20 ml of each formulation<br />

were poured into a transparent glass vial<br />

and measured at a stable temperature of<br />

30 °C for five hours and 45 minutes. The<br />

samples were scanned every five minutes.<br />

The measured height was between 0 mm<br />

(bottom of the vial) and 57 mm (top of the<br />

vial). Figure 3 shows the sample vials at<br />

the end of the measurement.<br />

sample vessel<br />

As all samples were opaque, little<br />

information could be gained from the<br />

transmission signal, as it was too weak<br />

to penetrate the sample. Therefore, the<br />

backscattering signal was consulted. The<br />

changes are exemplified in Figure 4, which<br />

shows the backscattering intensities<br />

plotted against the height for the cassis<br />

sample. The graph points out a decrease<br />

of the backscattering signal in the upper<br />

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1.491 mm/h. In the remaining measurement<br />

time, the peach-flavored drink shows a<br />

sedimentation rate of 0.036 mm/h, which<br />

is very similar to the one for the cassisflavored<br />

drink (0.026 mm/h) and the<br />

blood orange drink (0.039 mm/h).<br />

Overall, the cassis-, peach- and bloodorange-flavored<br />

drinks show very similar<br />

sedimentation behaviors with a higher<br />

sedimentation rate in the first hour and<br />

a very low sedimentation rate during the<br />

remaining experiment time.<br />

Figure 4: Analyzing backscattering intensities plotted against the height of the sample vial reveals<br />

which destabilization mechanisms are occurring.<br />

layer of the drink sample (between 50<br />

mm and 55 mm), indicating a typical<br />

sedimentation process.<br />

Comparing Sedimentation Rates<br />

Besides intensity-height plots, the<br />

MultiScan MS 20 software offers<br />

further options for deeper analysis and<br />

comparison of the results. For example,<br />

the ‘migration-front’-function of the<br />

software makes it possible to look at the<br />

sedimentation process in more detail.<br />

For the cassis-flavored sample, the<br />

average sedimentation rate is calculated<br />

as 1.038 mm/h in the first hour and as<br />

0.026 mm/h in the remaining four hours<br />

and 45 minutes (Figure 5). This indicates<br />

that most of the particles have already<br />

sedimented in the first hour of the<br />

experiment.<br />

The sample with blood orange shows<br />

a similar pattern as the cassis-flavored<br />

sample, with a sedimentation rate<br />

of 1.012 mm/h in the first hour and<br />

0.039 mm/h in the remaining four hours<br />

and 45 minutes.<br />

Looking at the sedimentation rate of<br />

the peach-flavored drink, one can see a<br />

comparable pattern: the sedimentation<br />

rate in the first hour is calculated as<br />

Figure 5: Using the ‘migration front’-function in the software, the sedimentation rate can be analyzed<br />

in detail.<br />

The last, multifruit-flavored sample<br />

deviates from the other three samples<br />

– a difference readily apparent using the<br />

sedimentation rate analysis. In the first<br />

hour its sedimentation rate is 0.103 mm/h<br />

and thus much lower than the one<br />

calculated for the three other samples.<br />

This means that the multifruit-flavored<br />

sample is much more stable in this period<br />

compared to the other samples. In the<br />

remaining period, the sedimentation<br />

rate for this sample is also 0.103 mm/h.<br />

These results indicate that the sample<br />

sediments in a linear fashion throughout<br />

the entire experiment. The sedimentation<br />

rates of all four samples are compared in<br />

Figure 6.<br />

Easy-to-read Stability Index<br />

Notably, the software can also calculate<br />

an overall stability index value for a<br />

sample. To directly compare the stability<br />

differences, the results of all samples<br />

can be displayed in an overlay window<br />

(Figure 7). In consistency with the results<br />

above, the stability index supports the<br />

interpretation that the multifruit drink<br />

is the most stable formulation, while the<br />

peach drink is the most unstable.<br />

Conclusion<br />

Destabilization processes occur in most<br />

multicomponent mixtures, including<br />

drink products. Such processes strongly<br />

influence the product’s final appearance,<br />

taste, and mouthfeel. Therefore, it is<br />

essential for research and development<br />

departments in the food industry to<br />

quantify and analyze the destabilization<br />

processes of multicomponent mixtures.<br />

Such evaluations enable efficient<br />

optimization of the product formulations.<br />

Using the MS 20 stability analysis<br />

system and its corresponding software,<br />

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a convenient and rapid means to study<br />

the stability of multicomponent mixtures,<br />

such as whey-based drinks, is available.<br />

Such a thorough and quantitative<br />

analysis of drink formulations enables<br />

producers to anticipate and quantify<br />

stability issues and thus allows a<br />

time- and cost-optimized product<br />

development.<br />

The Author<br />

Sedimentation rate (mm/h)<br />

1,60<br />

1,40<br />

1,20<br />

1,00<br />

0,80<br />

0,60<br />

0,40<br />

0,20<br />

0,00<br />

cassis blood orange peach multifruit<br />

sedimentation rate at the start later sedimentation rate<br />

Figure 6: The comparison of the sedimentation rates reveals which drink formulations are stable and<br />

which ones are unstable.<br />

Dr. Qiongjie Liu has been Product and Application<br />

Manager at DataPhysics Instruments in Filderstadt,<br />

Germany, since 2O21. Among other responsibilities,<br />

she writes application notes – such as<br />

this one on whey-based drinks – showcasing how<br />

instruments from DataPhysics Instruments can<br />

be used in real-life use cases, spanning many applications<br />

and industries. Liu studied chemistry<br />

and received a doctorate from the Chinese Academy<br />

of Science in 2017 for her thesis: “Cu(II)/SaB-<br />

OX Catalyzed Highly Stereoselective Synthesis of<br />

Poly-Heterocyclic Compounds”<br />

Figure 7: The stability index of all samples can be overlayed in one graph to compare them easily to<br />

each other.<br />

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Ingredients<br />

Keeping Soda Relevant to Gen Z<br />

by DONNA BERRY<br />

While the quintessential on-thego<br />

refreshment—a cold carbonated<br />

beverage in a can, bottle or cup with<br />

straw—appears to have fallen out of<br />

favor with younger generations, the<br />

category is still expected to grow as a<br />

result of rising global population, use of<br />

lower and no-calorie natural sweeteners,<br />

and innovative flavors often featured<br />

as limited-time offerings. The global<br />

carbonated soft drinks market size was<br />

valued at US $243.7 billion in 2022 and<br />

is expected to grow at a compound<br />

annual growth rate of 4.5% during the<br />

forecast period, reaching US $317.0<br />

billion by 2028, according to Market<br />

Growth Reports.<br />

Make it Picture Perfect<br />

Everyday tap water in refillable bottles,<br />

calorie-free flavored carbonated waters<br />

and varied energy drinks have been the<br />

choice of beverage for many younger<br />

consumers during the past decade.<br />

The big soda brands are fighting back<br />

for share of thirst by appealing to this<br />

demographic with Instagrammable<br />

carbonated soft drinks that spark<br />

curiosity and conversation. Their<br />

outreach is growing.<br />

Sweetened with pure cane sugar, Jones<br />

Soda Co., Seattle, Washington, is a oneof-a-kind<br />

premium soda brand known<br />

for its bold, unique flavors, colors and<br />

distinctive eye-catching packaging. Each<br />

glass bottle displays ever-changing<br />

photos submitted by Jones Soda’s<br />

very own customer base, allowing<br />

customization of their products to<br />

celebrate the culture, values, languages<br />

and traditions in each market they are<br />

entering.<br />

The company was created in 1995<br />

in Vancouver, BC, and offers classic<br />

favorites like Cream Soda and Root<br />

Beer, along with unusual creations<br />

such as Blue Bubblegum, Green<br />

Apple, Strawberry Lime and Berry<br />

Lemonade. Under every bottle cap<br />

fans will find a personalized fortune,<br />

which features quotes, wisdom,<br />

inspiration and whimsy. Bottle caps<br />

from Jones can even be redeemed<br />

for branded merchandise and unique<br />

items. Through development with<br />

American Fizz, Jones Soda is now<br />

fully compliant with all EU and UK<br />

food information regulations and is<br />

ready for distribution throughout<br />

England, France and Belgium in <strong>2023</strong>.<br />

American Fizz is an experienced UKbased<br />

distributor of American food<br />

and drink products and supplies more<br />

than 2,000 independent retailers<br />

across the UK and Europe, specializing<br />

in direct-to-store distribution.<br />

“At Jones Soda, we put the customer at<br />

the heart of everything we do, and this is<br />

reflected in the consumer engagement<br />

we have with the hundreds of thousands<br />

of followers across all our social media<br />

channels,” says Loic Tomei, director of<br />

Jones Soda Co. “Our domestic fans are<br />

always excited to learn about the latest<br />

new retailer to carry Jones in their<br />

neighborhoods, so we’re thrilled to be<br />

partnering with American Fizz to bring<br />

that same enthusiasm to our growing<br />

business worldwide.”<br />

Other recent flavor innovations remain<br />

stateside offerings. Dr Pepper, a brand<br />

of Keurig Dr Pepper, Frisco, Texas, is the<br />

oldest major soft drink in the US. Since<br />

1885, the company has been blending<br />

a proprietary recipe of 23 flavors--<br />

amaretto, almond, carrot, clove, cherry,<br />

caramel, blackberry, black licorice, cola,<br />

ginger, juniper, root beer, rum, raspberry,<br />

tomato, lemon, molasses, nutmeg,<br />

orange, prune, plum, pepper and<br />

vanilla—to make the uniquely flavored<br />

carbonated soft drink that one either<br />

loves or hates.<br />

For those who love it, just in time for<br />

Valentine’s Day <strong>2023</strong>, the brand rolled<br />

out a Strawberries & Cream variant,<br />

which is the original 23 flavors of Dr<br />

Pepper swirled with layers of strawberry<br />

flavor and a smooth, creamy finish. It’s<br />

available in regular and zero sugar. It is<br />

the only strawberry and cream-flavored<br />

dark soda in the market today.<br />

“Our expert team of flavor scientists<br />

are constantly innovating to bring to<br />

life new varieties that will surprise and<br />

delight treat seekers and our existing<br />

dedicated fans,” says John Alvarado,<br />

senior vice president of marketing.<br />

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Ingredients<br />

Big Soda Keeps Busy<br />

PepsiCo, Purchase, New York, has<br />

become an active player in the<br />

Instagrammable soda space. A few years<br />

ago, the Mountain Dew brand teamed<br />

up with Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, another<br />

PepsiCo brand, to offer a limited-edition<br />

sweet with heat soda.<br />

“As a brand, Dew has a rich history of<br />

experimenting with new flavors our<br />

fans love. We certainly had them in<br />

mind when we developed the Flamin’<br />

Hot beverage,” says Matt Nielsten,<br />

senior director of marketing. “This is<br />

one of our most provocative beverages<br />

yet.”<br />

Around the same, the brand decided<br />

to go pink with Mtn Dew Major Melon,<br />

a thirst-quenching offering described<br />

as taking flavor to the extreme with<br />

a layering of the taste of watermelon.<br />

Available in regular and zero sugar<br />

varieties, it was the first new permanent<br />

flavor offering in more than a decade<br />

when it entered the marketplace in the<br />

summer of 2021.<br />

More recently, the brand offered Mtn<br />

Dew Fruit Quake, which featured “a blast<br />

of artificial fruitcake flavor” for the<br />

winter holidays of 2022. And in January<br />

<strong>2023</strong>, the brand brought back a limitedtime-only<br />

flavor that first made its debut<br />

right before Halloween 2004. Its Mtn<br />

Dew Pitch Black, which is described on<br />

packages as “Dew with a blast of dark<br />

citrus punch flavor with other natural<br />

flavors.”<br />

Just in time for summer <strong>2023</strong>, and one<br />

year after the launch of Hard Mtn Dew,<br />

a 5% alcohol-by-volume carbonated<br />

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Ingredients<br />

beverage, the brand is adding Livewire<br />

to the lineup. It includes a jolt of orange<br />

citrus, with no caffeine, no added sugars<br />

and only 100 calories per serving.<br />

PepsiCo is also bringing back its 2021<br />

collaboration with Peeps, a marshmallow<br />

candy produced by third-generation,<br />

family-owned Just Born Quality<br />

Confections, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.<br />

The soda is Pepsi cola layered with<br />

the marshmallow flavor of Peeps. The<br />

original debut was in 7.5-oounce cans in<br />

bright yellow, pink and blue colors. For<br />

<strong>2023</strong>, the mini-cans are only colored<br />

yellow. There’s also a 20-ounce plastic<br />

bottle option.<br />

PepsiCo’s Pepsi-Cola Soda Shop concept<br />

provides a modern take on classic soda<br />

shop flavors made with real sugar.<br />

Current offerings are Black Cherry and<br />

Cream Soda.<br />

The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta,<br />

Georgia, developed a limited-edition<br />

soda brand called Coca-Cola Creation.<br />

All varieties are available with and<br />

without sugar and in multiple sizes.<br />

They come in unique flavors that are<br />

not defined, allowing the consumer to<br />

decide what the beverage tastes like.<br />

The newest offering is a celebration<br />

of transformation. “A homage to all<br />

the versions of ourselves that coexist<br />

within us, and that forms our very own<br />

personality,” according to the brand. It<br />

mixes the familiar Coca-Cola taste with<br />

both bold and delicate flavors. Other<br />

offerings from the Coca-Cola Creation<br />

brand include Dreamworld, Marshmello<br />

and Starlight.<br />

In efforts to appeal to label-reading<br />

consumers who avoid artificial<br />

sweeteners, Diet Coke now comes in<br />

a variety flagged as being made with<br />

plant-based sweeteners. The no-calorie<br />

soft drink is sweetened with stevia and<br />

monk fruit extract.<br />

Sparkling energy drinks want a part of<br />

the flavor action, too. Celsius Essential<br />

Energy Drink, Boca Raton, Florida, has<br />

added Fantasy Vibe Sparkling Mandarin<br />

Marshmallow to its lineup. Packaging<br />

features a dreamy metallic sunset<br />

with hints of cloud-inspired nostalgic<br />

marshmallow flavor. This latest sparkling<br />

flavor has a bright citrusy profile with an<br />

end note of creamy marshmallow.<br />

Celsius Essential Energy Drinks are a<br />

better-for-you, premium alternative to<br />

traditional energy drinks. Made with<br />

a clinically proven formula of energyboosting<br />

ingredients, seven essential<br />

vitamins and zero sugar, the drink was<br />

created to help people live fit, exceed<br />

their goals and elevate their everyday<br />

lives, all while enjoying the bubbles they<br />

grew up on.<br />

The Author<br />

Donna Berry is a food and beverage industry<br />

consultant and editor with over 25 years experience<br />

in tracking trends and advancements in<br />

product development.<br />

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Ingredients<br />

New Concepts and the Latest Beverage<br />

Trends<br />

ADM recently introduced their forwardthinking<br />

beverage concepts and<br />

showcased how they can help meet<br />

evolving demands as consumers focus<br />

on holistic well-being. More and more,<br />

consumers are purchasing products that<br />

are sustainably sourced and reflect their<br />

individual lifestyles, from active nutrition<br />

to lifestyle pleasures. ADM experts are<br />

available to discuss how these trends are<br />

driving global beverage innovation.<br />

Key focus areas for the immediate future<br />

include:<br />

• Functional and active nutrition,<br />

supported by ADM’s vast health and<br />

wellness ingredient portfolio, as seen in<br />

customized concepts like the isotonic<br />

sports performance drink with ADM’s<br />

BPL1® postbiotics, the botanicalinfused<br />

energy drink with support<br />

for cognitive function and a protein<br />

enhanced pea-oat-based beverage.<br />

• Lifestyle pleasures, without the<br />

downsides, which introduces new and<br />

familiar flavors alongside better-foryou<br />

capabilities like sugar-reduced<br />

beverages and low or no-alcohol solutions,<br />

as well as highlighting ADM’s<br />

dry-hopping flavor capabilities.<br />

• Responsible sourcing and transparency,<br />

demonstrated through exciting<br />

offerings such as a refreshing citrus<br />

ice tea formulated with traceable<br />

green tea extracts and a delicious<br />

fruit juice trio made from orange,<br />

pineapple, banana and peppermint oil<br />

from ADM’s SustainMINT program.<br />

Jochen Heininger, Vice President, Global<br />

Market Segment <strong>Marketing</strong>, ADM, told<br />

us: "We are at the forefront of the latest<br />

beverage trends and have cuttingedge<br />

concepts focused on meeting the<br />

evolving demands of consumers today<br />

and tomorrow. Our focus is on the<br />

customer. We start with what they want<br />

- and that is currently health and wellbeing.<br />

This gives a basis to our nutritional<br />

and functional solutions, like protein<br />

drinks with different blends of protein<br />

sources."<br />

ADM is drawing on the experience of<br />

multiple sensorial experience to further<br />

explore their expanded products and<br />

capabilities, including citrus and hop<br />

flavorings, Colors from Nature, postbiotics,<br />

as well as traceable solutions from<br />

mint and vanilla programs. PearlEdge is<br />

one of these new solutions.<br />

A bright, clean white place in<br />

the rainbow<br />

ADM’s proprietary white color solution<br />

range, PearlEdge is filling a vital white<br />

space in the market. The new line is<br />

derived from natural sources, including<br />

native corn starch, and delivers brilliant,<br />

stable and uniform white coloring for a<br />

variety of food and beverage applications.<br />

"Our team has been diligently working<br />

to perfect our new line of white color<br />

solutions, assuring its groundbreaking<br />

quality and performance," said Hélène<br />

Moeller, Vice President of Global Product<br />

<strong>Marketing</strong> for Flavors. “This rollout meets<br />

the evolving needs of customers and<br />

consumers, as brands look for titanium<br />

dioxide (TiO2) replacements that not<br />

only provide a bright white shade, but<br />

also meet clean-label targets.”<br />

The unrivalled PearlEdge line was<br />

designed to conquer the toughest<br />

formulation challenges, where other<br />

plant-based white colorants fall short.<br />

Robust quality control is a key to<br />

producing a precise, premium white<br />

shade without the need for modification,<br />

and ADM does just that with a vertically<br />

integrated supply chain, managing<br />

each step of the sourcing process.<br />

On top of that, PearlEdge leverages<br />

the company's innovative and patentpending<br />

technology and extensive<br />

formulation expertise.<br />

As a line of solutions, the PearlEdge<br />

portfolio is designed to address different<br />

applications, markets, certifications and<br />

regulatory needs. Specifically, it performs<br />

exceptionally well in confections; powdered<br />

drink mixes and beverages; bakery icings<br />

and fillings; sugar-free offerings; soups,<br />

sauces and dressings; dairy and dairy<br />

alternatives; meat alternatives; and<br />

even pet food. PearlEdge also delivers<br />

elevated sensory appeal as an opacifying<br />

base coat for vibrant colors, and it creates<br />

smoother texture in certain applications.<br />

“We’re particularly excited about the<br />

possibilities with our PearlEdge Silk<br />

and Satin patent-pending technology,”<br />

said Moeller. “With superior stability and<br />

performance as well as a white color of<br />

similar intensity as TiO2, PearlEdge Silk<br />

and Satin are game-changers for smooth<br />

white appearances in applications like<br />

panned confections and compressed<br />

tablets.”<br />

PearlEdge Splash is another exciting<br />

solution that underscores ADM’s<br />

industry-leading capabilities. This<br />

proprietary emulsion technology<br />

activates an unparalleled cloud agent<br />

for beverages, creating visually<br />

appealing uniformity and opacity.<br />

PearlEdge Splash and PearlEdge<br />

Splash+ are incredibly compatible with<br />

other beverage ingredients, assuring<br />

no ringing, precipitation, sediments<br />

or staining in non-alcohol and alcohol<br />

beverages alike.<br />

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Ingredients<br />

Celebrating Excellence: Fi Europe<br />

Innovation Awards Winners Unveiled<br />

Informa Markets is delighted to announce the winners of the prestigious Fi Europe<br />

Innovation Awards. Honored at a special ceremony during Fi Europe 2022 in Paris, France,<br />

the winners were chosen by an expert judging panel for their outstanding contributions to<br />

the food and beverage ingredients industry.<br />

The awards have proven to be real success<br />

accelerators for previous winners, and<br />

the caliber of entries this time was again<br />

outstanding. Julien Bonvallet, Informa<br />

Markets Group Brand Director, said:<br />

“Over the years Fi Europe has provided<br />

the industry with a platform to discover<br />

new alternatives and find solutions<br />

to overcome challenges. Once again,<br />

the quality of entries to the Fi Europe<br />

Innovation Awards was exceptionally<br />

high. This clearly shows that even – or<br />

especially – in challenging times, the<br />

ingredients industry continues to be both<br />

resilient and innovative, always findings<br />

ways to adapt to current market needs<br />

and driving initiatives that will shape a<br />

more sustainable food industry in the<br />

longer term.”<br />

Mr Bonvallet presented the Awards,<br />

alongside Chair of the judging panel<br />

Professor Colin Dennis (Chair of the<br />

Board of Trustees of IFIS and the<br />

British Nutrition Foundation), and<br />

other members of the Informa Markets<br />

management team to this year’s winners:<br />

• Food Training & Education Award (new<br />

for 2022): Mane (France) for its Food<br />

Development Training with flavorist<br />

students at ISIPCA, Paris, and future<br />

chefs at the Culinary Arts Academy in<br />

Switzerland.<br />

• Sustainability Innovation Award: Ofi<br />

(Singapore) for Cocoa Compass, a<br />

project that provides 100 per cent<br />

traceability for cocoa produced across<br />

nine countries, and makes sure that<br />

farmers earn a living wage, child labor<br />

is eliminated and the natural world is<br />

protected.<br />

• Diversity & Inclusion Innovation<br />

Award: Ingredion (USA) for its Women<br />

in Ingredion Business Resource Group.<br />

Established in December 2020 to<br />

empower women for an equal future,<br />

the group now has an inclusive<br />

network of members across EMEA,<br />

Asia-Pacific, North America and South<br />

America.<br />

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Ingredients<br />

• Plant-based Innovation Award: Bunge (USA)<br />

for its PurePro pea and faba proteins.<br />

Delivering 2g protein per serving, PurePro can<br />

be used to create superior vegan cheeses with<br />

improved sensory and nutritional profiles.<br />

• Sensory Innovation Award: Cargill (USA) for<br />

Gerkens Sweety Cocoa Powders, two natural<br />

cocoa powders that enable 30 per cent sugar<br />

reduction in chocolate drinks, without the<br />

need for sweeteners or artificial ingredients.<br />

• Health Innovation Award: Limagrain (France)<br />

for LifyWheat wheat flour, a multipurpose<br />

functional ingredient for bread, pasta and<br />

biscuits. High in fiber and resistant starch,<br />

LifyWheat helps reduce blood sugar levels<br />

after a meal and has a prebiotic effect on gut<br />

microbiota.<br />

• Food Tech Innovation: Sweegen (USA) for<br />

its novel bioconversion process for the<br />

production of Bestevia Reb M, the first<br />

new stevia ingredient produced via a new<br />

production technology to be approved for use<br />

in the European market by the European Food<br />

Safety Authority (EFSA).<br />

Sweegen’s global team was thrilled with its<br />

Food Innovation <strong>Technology</strong> Award. Luca<br />

Giannone, Senior Vice President of Sales,<br />

said: “We’ve focused on Europe as a promise<br />

to pioneer the new hero of sugar reduction<br />

– Bestevia Reb M – and we will continue to<br />

innovate and open doors to bring our wellness<br />

ingredient technologies to Europe for betterfor-you<br />

foods and beverages.”<br />

Virginia Clifford, Technical Service Manager,<br />

Ingredion, also spoke of a positive, more<br />

inclusive future, when she said: “I am thrilled<br />

and privileged to have been able to accept<br />

the Diversity & Inclusion Innovation award,<br />

and to be representing the EMEA chapter of<br />

our Women of Ingredion Business Resource<br />

Group. This will mean so much to our members<br />

and allies as they all work hard to progress<br />

our objectives of levelling up for women in<br />

business.”<br />

Dick Brinkman, Cargill R&D Leader Cocoa<br />

EMEA, added: “As a food ingredient supplier,<br />

it is important that we are completely in touch<br />

with what today’s and tomorrow’s consumers<br />

want. This award proves that the remarkable<br />

efforts of our Cargill R&D and commercial<br />

teams have resulted in an exceptional product:<br />

Gerkens Sweety cocoa powders. We thank FiE<br />

for this Sensory Innovation award and the<br />

opportunity to highlight this innovation to an<br />

industry audience.”<br />

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Processing<br />

Giving Clean a New Meaning:<br />

Standard Parts in Hygienic Design<br />

Ganter adds new sealed standard parts made of stainless steel for very high hygienic<br />

requirements.<br />

Maximum cleanliness is one of the<br />

most basic prerequisites wherever<br />

food is produced. However, hygienic<br />

requirements also play a major role in<br />

other industries, from medical technology<br />

and the pharmaceutical industry to the<br />

production of dispersion coatings. Almost<br />

everywhere today the aim is to make<br />

products without preservative additives<br />

– this requires production environments<br />

with a high level of cleanliness.<br />

At first glance, most standard parts<br />

seem to be far away from the actual<br />

critical work areas, but airborne spores<br />

of microorganisms are able to spread<br />

quickly and far. Since even the smallest<br />

weak points can lead to contamination<br />

of entire production lines, Ganter has<br />

developed an entire product family of<br />

special standard parts. They combine<br />

minimal contamination tendency with<br />

optimum cleaning ability and thus<br />

meet the very high requirements of<br />

the 3-A sanitary standard,<br />

As the latest addition to the “Hygienic<br />

Design” product family, Ganter<br />

now offers the spacers GN 6226.<br />

These standard parts easily avoid<br />

duplicate mounting surfaces, which<br />

are problematic and time-consuming<br />

in terms of cleaning and sealing. The<br />

HD product range therefore continues<br />

to grow, with new parts joining the<br />

existing range of knobs, U-handles,<br />

hand levers, indexing plungers,<br />

latches, cover sleeves, leveling feet<br />

and screws.<br />

In all cases, stainless steel with<br />

vibratory finished or polished surfaces<br />

is used as the material. This means<br />

that the maximum surface roughness<br />

remains below Ra 0.8 μm so dirt<br />

particles cannot settle and can be<br />

reliably removed during cleaning.<br />

Another central feature of the Ganter<br />

standard parts is the absence of dead<br />

space. No substances can accumulate<br />

inside the components.<br />

A hygienically safe sealing concept<br />

verified by software simulation<br />

ensures that the FDA-compliant H-NBR<br />

or EPDM elastomer seals fit flush<br />

everywhere after assembly and fulfil<br />

their function over the long term.<br />

This prevents any hygienic problems<br />

from arising unnoticed. Ganter<br />

provides detailed information on<br />

professional installation and suitable<br />

cleaning procedures in the attached<br />

instructions.<br />

“Hygienic Design” standard elements<br />

reduce the effort required for cleaning<br />

– which can be carried out more easily<br />

and, above all, faster via the “Clean<br />

in Place” concept. The bottom line:<br />

plant operation becomes more costeffective<br />

over the long term.<br />

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Processing<br />

Food production in 3D:<br />

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Simple. Hygienic. Safe.<br />

Measurement technology for the food industry<br />

For over 60 years, VEGA has been making significant efforts to increase the reliability<br />

and efficiency of level and pressure measurement technology.<br />

With materials and hygienic designs tailored to the industry, VEGA instruments are well<br />

equipped for the complex measuring tasks and diverse media found in process automation:<br />

from light liquids to fine powders and abrasive bulk solids, right through to viscous pastes.<br />

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Processing<br />

Bottoms Up: A Refreshing Pilsner to<br />

Celebrate JUMO's Anniversary<br />

As an innovative technology leader, JUMO has been supplying high-quality measurement<br />

and automation technology for the food industry for decades. So it was an obvious idea to<br />

have their own anniversary beer created for the 75th anniversary in <strong>2023</strong>. In the brewing<br />

process, all relevant JUMO products that are supplied to the brewing industry were to be<br />

combined in one application. The choice therefore fell on an in-house, modern, and highly<br />

efficient brewery plant.<br />

JUMO customers and partners can<br />

now enjoy a golden refreshing Pilsner<br />

with a pleasant bitter note. A special<br />

anniversary edition of the Pilsner will be<br />

available. And who knows? Perhaps in a<br />

few years individual bottles will be worth<br />

a small fortune.<br />

A JUMO beer that comes from<br />

the region<br />

In search of engineering expertise and<br />

a regional brewery capable of building<br />

such a plant and brewing such a beer,<br />

JUMO quickly came across Burkard<br />

und Gärtner (B+G), a specialist in plant<br />

design and plant engineering – as well<br />

as the company "Hunfelt Braeu". This<br />

young brewery on the outskirts of<br />

Fulda was founded in 2017 as a hobby<br />

in a garage. It has grown steadily since<br />

then and now produces 10 different<br />

specialties. "Hunfelt Braeu" sees<br />

itself as a small, regional brewery of<br />

specialty beers. Varieties include a<br />

stout, an India pale ale, and a barrelaged<br />

Bock beer.<br />

The idea of a "mini brewery" came about<br />

because Sebastian Gärtner, who is 1 of<br />

the 3 brewers, is also one of the owners<br />

of B+G on a full-time basis. So it made<br />

sense to combine JUMO's expertise<br />

with the expert knowledge of B+G and<br />

"Hunfelt Braeu" in a completely new<br />

plant in which the JUMO anniversary<br />

beer was then to be brewed.<br />

Brewery plant is a classic<br />

3-unit brewhouse<br />

The planning of the plant on the basis<br />

of an intelligent 3D CAD model using<br />

the latest CAD/CAE software and<br />

manufacturing methods such as orbital<br />

welding technology meant that the<br />

project − which was mainly managed by<br />

trainees − was completed in just a few<br />

months.<br />

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Processing<br />

This has resulted in a fully automated<br />

brewery plant in compact skid design<br />

which is completely made of stainless<br />

steel, has an output of 100 liters of<br />

cold wort, and which features an<br />

automated CIP function (Cleaning in<br />

Place). The brewery plant is a classic<br />

3-unit brewhouse with lauter tun.<br />

Potential brew size is approximately<br />

100 liters. Depending on the type of<br />

beer, this corresponds to a malt pour of<br />

approximately 20 kg.<br />

In addition to the mash tun, lauter tun,<br />

and wort kettle, the plant was also<br />

equipped with a hot water tank. Apart<br />

from the lauter tun, all containers are<br />

electrically heated via the inner wall of the<br />

vessel. JUMO TYA 202 power controllers<br />

are used to control the heating elements.<br />

The power controllers are extremely<br />

important for efficient energy use.<br />

Furthermore, the plant has a pump for<br />

water and the CIP function as well as<br />

another frequency-controlled pump for<br />

the mash or wort. In both pumps the<br />

JUMO ZELOS C01 LS level switch is used<br />

as dry-run protection.<br />

The 2 motors for the mash tun stirrer and<br />

the lauter tun chopper are also frequency<br />

controlled.<br />

When measuring the level of the hot<br />

water tank, mash tun, and wort kettle<br />

the new JUMO DELOS S02 pressure<br />

transmitter is used. The differential<br />

pressure measurement in the lauter tun<br />

was implemented with the JUMO TAROS<br />

S46 H.<br />

JUMO flowTRANS W02 is used for<br />

quantity measurement of the main pour<br />

and the post pours. After the wort cooler,<br />

the new JUMO flowTRANS MAG HT20<br />

measures both the totalized flow rate<br />

and the temperature. Temperature in the<br />

respective containers is determined with<br />

the JUMO dTRANS T1000.<br />

The sensors were installed in the<br />

plant with the process connections<br />

G ½ (hygienic), JUMO PEKA (EHEDG<br />

certified), and clamp. It was integrated<br />

via SPE, IO-Link, or with 4 to 20 mA<br />

signal.<br />

High degree of process<br />

reliability during brewing<br />

At the beginning, the hot water container<br />

is filled with water and brought to the<br />

required mashing-in temperature. The<br />

water is then pumped into the mash tun<br />

and the malt grist is added manually.<br />

Water quantities (main pour) are<br />

determined with the JUMO flowTRANS<br />

US W01/02.<br />

The mashing-in process should be<br />

completed in a time frame of less than<br />

15 minutes and the stirrer should be<br />

running at maximum rotational speed.<br />

Enzymes contained in the malt now start<br />

the respective degradation processes.<br />

Part of the proteins are degraded by<br />

the proteinases down to amino acids<br />

while the starch is degraded to sugar by<br />

alpha and beta amylase. Enzymes work<br />

in a substrate-specific manner and place<br />

special demands on the reaction medium<br />

with regard to viscosity, pH value, and<br />

temperature.<br />

The various pauses when having reached<br />

the respective optimal temperature are<br />

now passed through in accordance with<br />

the required beer type. A common mash<br />

process for pale beer today would be<br />

to mash in at 62 °C, after 50 minutes<br />

increase to 72 °C, and after another 20<br />

minutes heat up to 78 °C. The heating<br />

process should take place with a<br />

temperature rise of 1 °C per minute. "The<br />

interaction of all these JUMO products<br />

and solutions ensures a high level of<br />

process reliability," says B+G manager<br />

Sebastian Gärtner.<br />

After that, the lautering follows. In<br />

this process step, the liquid and solid<br />

components are separated from each<br />

other. When the lauter tun, which is<br />

equipped with a sieve bottom, is filled, the<br />

solids settle to the bottom to form a filter<br />

layer. The initially cloudy wort is pumped<br />

back into the lauter tun. When the wort<br />

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Processing<br />

is clear, a switch is made to the wort<br />

kettle. During the lautering process,<br />

the JUMO TAROS S46 H measures the<br />

differential pressure under the drop<br />

bottom to control the rotational speed<br />

of the frequency-controlled pump and<br />

to switch on the chopper if necessary.<br />

After the main pour has been completed<br />

the post pours follow. The quantity of<br />

the individual post pours is acquired<br />

again via the JUMO flowTRANS US<br />

W01/02. Post-pouring is intended to<br />

remove any remaining extract from the<br />

spent grains. The sum of the extract<br />

that can be washed out and degraded<br />

should be less than 1 %.<br />

In the subsequent process step, the wort<br />

is boiled for approximately 70 to 90<br />

minutes. Boiling evaporates the water<br />

to obtain the required original wort,<br />

expels unwanted aroma substances,<br />

sterilizes the wort, inactivates enzymes,<br />

and forms aroma as well as colorants.<br />

During boiling the hops are also added<br />

to the wort. This can be done in several<br />

individual hop dosages, depending on<br />

the beer and hop varieties. For bitter<br />

hops, the boiling process improves the<br />

dissolution of the bitter substances<br />

which is why they are usually added to<br />

the mix at the beginning. Aroma hops,<br />

on the other hand, are only added<br />

towards the end of boiling. The hop<br />

varieties used for the anniversary beer<br />

were magnum, ariana, and saphir.<br />

After boiling the wort is cooled down to<br />

20 °C. This is done with a countercurrent<br />

heat exchanger. At the outlet, the JUMO<br />

flowTRANS MAG H20 acquires both the<br />

totalized flow rate and the temperature.<br />

The rotational speed of the wort pump<br />

is controlled as a function of the wort<br />

outlet temperature.<br />

After the preparation with yeast comes<br />

the fermentation and storage of the<br />

beer. Precise temperature control<br />

plays a particularly important role in<br />

fermentation. While beers with topfermented<br />

yeast ferment between 15<br />

and 20 °C, bottom-fermented yeasts<br />

ferment in a range of 4 to 9 °C.<br />

JUMO digiLine CI HT10<br />

determines concentration of<br />

cleaning media<br />

Automatic cleaning of the equipment<br />

is also an option. The CIP function<br />

is made possible by such factors as<br />

concentration measurement of the<br />

cleaning media. JUMO digiLine CI<br />

HT10 determines the concentration<br />

of the different cleaning media<br />

via the temperature-compensated<br />

conductance in the hot water<br />

container.<br />

Another measurement is used at<br />

the plant discharge to monitor the<br />

individual cleaning steps and media<br />

separation. First, the plant is preflushed<br />

with water via the spray heads in the<br />

containers. Subsequently, the cleaning<br />

steps with caustic soda, another rinsing<br />

with water, and neutralization with nitric<br />

acid or phosphoric acid follow. The last<br />

step is the final rinse with water until<br />

the conductance detects the complete<br />

removal of the acid at the outlet.<br />

to the reduction of service water and<br />

cleaning agents.<br />

CIP processes can also be carried<br />

out in a comparable manner in the<br />

pharmaceutical industry. In this case,<br />

the last rinse takes place with ultra-pure<br />

water. The conductance of the ultra-pure<br />

water is determined using the JUMO<br />

tecLine CR conductivity sensor and<br />

the JUMO AQUIS 500 CR transmitter.<br />

According to the specifications of USP<br />

645 the temperature compensation<br />

can be deactivated in this case.<br />

Control and visualization<br />

Operation of the plant takes place<br />

via the JUMO variTRON 500 touch<br />

controller and the JUMO smartWARE<br />

SCADA software for process monitoring<br />

and control.<br />

The recipes for the individual beer<br />

types as well as the individual CIP<br />

functions can be configured intuitively<br />

without programming skills using<br />

the browser-based software solution<br />

JUMO smartWARE Program. JUMO<br />

smartWARE Evaluation enables<br />

additional recording of all process<br />

parameters.<br />

"Subsequently, both the brewing<br />

process and the CIP process can<br />

be evaluated and verified with an<br />

automated batch report," says Martin<br />

Eppinger, market segment manager<br />

for food and beverage at JUMO. This<br />

simplifies the brewing process for<br />

the next beer, which can then also be<br />

thoroughly enjoyed.<br />

Martin Eppinger<br />

This is where the JUMO digiLine CI<br />

HT10 shows its strength. The accurate<br />

concentration measurement and<br />

short response time of the integrated<br />

temperature measurement contribute<br />

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Saving Energy with the ECO Service<br />

System<br />

Processing<br />

70 percent! That is the share of the total energy consumption of all industries for electric<br />

drives according to expert estimates. This is not only a significant cost factor – there is also a<br />

large optimization and savings potential hidden here. The NORD ECO service helps companies<br />

to reveal this potential and to find the most efficient drive solution for their application.<br />

“The first step is the comprehensive<br />

collection of measurement values”, Jörg<br />

Niermann, Head of <strong>Marketing</strong> at NORD,<br />

explains. For this purpose, the so-called<br />

NORD ECO BOX, a mobile inverter cabinet,<br />

is connected between the motor and the<br />

power supply. The NORD ECO BOX consists<br />

of an energy measuring device with data<br />

logger function, current transformer and<br />

cable connections.<br />

Over a period of about two weeks, the box<br />

records data in real time about permanent<br />

loads, load peaks and irregular conditions.<br />

Once the survey is completed, the results<br />

are uploaded to software developed by<br />

NORD that automatically evaluates the<br />

data.<br />

Identifying overdimensioning<br />

and optimizing systems<br />

NORD offers the ECO service for systems<br />

with both its own and third-party<br />

components. “The measurements over<br />

time make it possible to create a load<br />

cycle for the system. This shows whether<br />

a system’s dimensioning corresponds<br />

to the requirements of the respective<br />

application, Niermann explains. “We often<br />

see drive systems that are oversized for<br />

the corresponding application.” If a system<br />

is driven with the drive recommended by<br />

NORD, the company offers to carry out a<br />

remeasurement. As part of a TCO analysis<br />

(Total Cost of Ownership), the most costand<br />

energy-efficient solution can then be<br />

determined.<br />

Variant reduction for more<br />

efficiency<br />

For large systems with several drives, such<br />

as in intralogistics, the analysis with the<br />

NORD ECO service can significantly reduce<br />

the number of different drive systems. This<br />

helps to minimise administrative costs and<br />

streamlines production, logistics, storage<br />

and service processes. NORD offers highefficiency<br />

motors with constant torque<br />

over a large speed range, which are ideally<br />

suitable for variant reduction.<br />

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Processing<br />

Stopping Milk Loss in Dairies<br />

Rising costs from inflation and<br />

increased focus on reducing carbon<br />

dioxide emissions make product loss<br />

management more important than ever<br />

in dairy plants. One major reason these<br />

losses occur is because timings or other<br />

process parameters are set incorrectly,<br />

causing a lot of valuable dairy product<br />

to be unnecessarily washed out together<br />

with the wastewater. Collo’s unique<br />

liquid fingerprint technology addresses<br />

this problem by detecting any type of<br />

liquid in the pipes in real-time, offering<br />

an easy way to optimize production and<br />

cut product losses.<br />

The rising costs of raw milk, electricity<br />

and other expenses are driving dairy<br />

plants to put more focus on reducing<br />

milk loss. The cost of raw milk risen by<br />

64% in two years in the EU region, and<br />

in some countries significantly more.<br />

With thin profit margins, it is a strategic<br />

imperative for many plants to minimize<br />

product loss. At the same time, there<br />

is global pressure to reduce the CO 2<br />

footprint of dairy production, and here<br />

milk loss at the plant plays a key role.<br />

The scale of the problem is huge.<br />

Considering that the EU alone had<br />

more than 12.000 milk processing<br />

and production sites handling over<br />

161 million tons of raw milk in 2021,<br />

significant volumes of milk could be<br />

saved, translating into greatly reduced<br />

carbon footprints for dairies across<br />

the EU by prioritizing reductions in<br />

production losses.<br />

“But to be able to minimize wasting<br />

valuable milk products, it is essential<br />

to know where in the process the leak<br />

happens,” says Mikko Tielinen, Head of<br />

Sales at ColloidTek. “With conventional<br />

methods it is hard to meet that goal,<br />

which often results in milk products<br />

being unnecessarily flushed out with the<br />

wastewater. When a leakage then shows<br />

in the form of excess organic waste in<br />

the effluent, it is extremely difficult to<br />

determine where it is coming from.”<br />

Photos: ColloidTek Oy<br />

Millions of euros down the drain<br />

For a typical dairy plant with an intake<br />

of around 250 million liters of milk per<br />

year, a loss of just 1% of the raw material<br />

corresponds to literally throwing about<br />

one million euros down the drain.<br />

Mikko Tielinen points out that current<br />

solutions are insufficient for addressing<br />

the problem. Flow rate timing is very<br />

inaccurate, and traditional sensors<br />

are unreliable and imprecise, with<br />

fouling and creep being major issues.<br />

As several types of traditional sensors<br />

are needed to detect different types<br />

of liquids, such as whey, cream, and<br />

cleaning chemicals, the optimization<br />

systems become complicated and<br />

expensive to manage.<br />

“Our solution, on the other hand, offers<br />

an easy and very accurate way to detect<br />

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Processing<br />

where exactly in the process the leakage<br />

is,” Tielinen says. “It measures the<br />

exact real-time liquid fingerprint at any<br />

desired point in the process with a single<br />

EMF-sensor. Combined with machine<br />

learning, our solution ensures that<br />

the process stays optimized and easily<br />

monitored through our cloud solution.”<br />

Addresses problems at the<br />

source<br />

Usually, product losses in the process<br />

are noticed when there is an excess of<br />

organic material in the effluent. This<br />

can also be a sign of problems in the<br />

production, however, measuring just<br />

the effluent does not tell why, and from<br />

where too much milk product is getting<br />

flushed out with the wastewater.<br />

“As our technology can supervise all the<br />

draining points in real-time, it can keep<br />

track of the liquids in the pipes and show<br />

exactly where the leakage is,” Mikko<br />

Tielinen says. “This makes it possible<br />

to address the problem at the point of<br />

origin, saving huge amounts of milk and<br />

money.”<br />

In addition to directly improving the<br />

profitability of a dairy plant, reducing<br />

the milk waste also lowers the cost of<br />

wastewater treatment and helps dairies<br />

to achieve their environmental goals.<br />

“Most of the carbon dioxide generated<br />

in a dairy production originates from<br />

the stages before the milk even arrives<br />

at the dairy,” Mikko Tielinen says.<br />

“That is why it is essential to not waste<br />

valuable milk in the dairies’ processing<br />

operations. If milk-based products are<br />

lost in a dairy, a replacement amount<br />

of milk will have to be produced and<br />

transported to the dairy, which will<br />

produce even more carbon dioxide<br />

emissions.”<br />

Collo is an industrial liquid process<br />

performance solution developed<br />

by ColloidTek Oy. The company was<br />

founded in 2017 after extensive scientific<br />

research in electromagnetic field (EMF)<br />

measurement technology at Tampere<br />

University in Finland. Collo’s cloud-based<br />

process performance solution helps<br />

industrial customers understand and<br />

enhance their liquid processes. Among<br />

the customers are well-known industrial<br />

companies like Danone, Fonterra, Valio,<br />

Ecolab and ABB.<br />

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Packaging<br />

Brewery uses Robust<br />

Scales to Increase<br />

Efficiency During the<br />

Canning Process<br />

Moby Dick Brewing Co required more robust and efficient<br />

scales that would withstand the canning environment within<br />

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Moby Dick Brewing Co brews ales and<br />

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Brewmaster Scott Brunelle at Moby Dick<br />

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Packaging<br />

Efficiency Key as Juice Producers<br />

Squeezed<br />

Orange juice remains one of the most popular soft drinks around the world, but challenging<br />

weather conditions in 2021 and 2022 in the world’s major production regions of Brazil<br />

and Florida respectively mean that the supply chain faces record raw material costs. As a<br />

result, producers will need to focus more than ever on production efficiencies in order to<br />

maximize margins.<br />

by MATT HALE<br />

The good news is that the demand<br />

for orange juice remains high, despite<br />

consumers in some markets, such<br />

as Europe, moving away from fruit<br />

juices and related products as they are<br />

perceived to be relatively high in sugar<br />

and calories. This fall in demand has been<br />

compensated for by increasing demand<br />

from food processors for the production<br />

of smoothies and flavored water, which are<br />

generally perceived as healthier choices.<br />

Demand for straight orange juice also<br />

received a significant boost from the Covid<br />

Pandemic around the world. Overall, most<br />

analysts predict level, or slightly increased<br />

worldwide demand for the next few years.<br />

Production challenges<br />

The trouble for the industry is that<br />

despite this buoyant demand, the last<br />

The HRS ohmic pasteurization system heats<br />

juice to 105 °C within one second<br />

couple of years have seen reduced<br />

fruit output from the major production<br />

areas of Brazil and Florida. Other less<br />

important producers are also struggling,<br />

with European production also down this<br />

year, in line with a longer-term trend.<br />

Brazil, the world’s largest grower of citrus<br />

fruit, suffered significant frosts and<br />

droughts during the 2021 growing season,<br />

but production is projected to bounce<br />

back by 20.5% to 317 million boxes 1 for<br />

the 2022/23 season 2 . However, the final<br />

effects of a warmer winter season, which<br />

saw higher than normal levels of fruit<br />

drop still have to be assessed. At the<br />

same time, lower-than-normal stocks<br />

from 2021/22 have kept local prices high<br />

(up to 50% higher in July 2022 compared<br />

with the previous year).<br />

The HRS IC Series is capable of crushing up to 12,000<br />

l of frozen orange juice concentrate each hour<br />

In contrast, production from Florida<br />

(the second largest producer of citrus<br />

in the world) is estimated to fall 51% for<br />

the 2022/23 season to just 20 million<br />

boxes. 3 This represents the largest fall in<br />

production in 110 years. The reasons for<br />

Florida’s reduced production are related<br />

not just to weather (orange groves have<br />

suffered damage from hurricanes, frosts<br />

and insect damage), but also to citrus<br />

greening disease, a bacteria which<br />

causes fruit to shrivel and fall from<br />

the tree before it is ripe. The number<br />

of Valencia orange trees in Florida has<br />

also fallen from 36 million in 2006 to<br />

just 30 million today as real estate and<br />

land prices in the State persuade many<br />

growers to cash in the value of their<br />

land. 4<br />

Difficult markets<br />

It’s no wonder markets are nervous, with<br />

orange juice futures matching historical<br />

highs in New York at the end of 2022 with<br />

increases of 50% or more compared to<br />

the previous year. According to some<br />

estimates, US orange juice production<br />

alone will fall 6.5% to 215,000 tonnes<br />

for the current year, although stocks of<br />

juice are expected to remain stable. 5<br />

All of these factors mean that orange<br />

juice producers, whether using concentrate<br />

or frozen not-from-concentrate<br />

(NFC) juice, face an increase in raw<br />

material costs of around 50%. Add this<br />

to the global energy crisis following<br />

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which saw<br />

energy prices rise as much as 60% for<br />

oil and 400% for natural gas in Europe<br />

(although prices at the start of <strong>2023</strong><br />

were much closer to pre-invasion levels),<br />

and producers are in the front line of<br />

food inflation.<br />

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Packaging<br />

Orange juice producers currently face raw<br />

material challenges and rising costs<br />

The HRS MI & MR Series of pasteurizers can reduce energy costs by up to 40% compared with some<br />

alternative systems<br />

Faced with unavoidable rises in input<br />

costs, not all of which can be passed<br />

on to customers or consumers, manufacturers<br />

must make every effort to<br />

maximize the efficiency of processes<br />

such as remelting and pasteurization.<br />

At the same time, they need to maintain<br />

the key quality characteristics of the<br />

juice, even though chemical changes<br />

begin as soon as the juice is squeezed.<br />

HRS Heat Exchangers produce a range<br />

of highly energy efficient equipment for<br />

orange juice processing.<br />

Pasteurization options<br />

Thermal treatment, sometimes known<br />

as ‘flash pasteurization’ is the preferred<br />

technique for making premium<br />

juice. The HRS MI and MR Series of<br />

pasteurizers use food-grade, multi-tube,<br />

corrugated heat exchangers to speed<br />

up the heat transfer in pasteurization<br />

systems. These corrugated tubes create<br />

extra turbulence in the fluid as it flows<br />

through the tubes.<br />

This extra turbulence means that<br />

the orange juice can be heated up to<br />

pasteurization temperature much faster<br />

– typically by up to 30%. Because of the<br />

high heat transfer rates of the corrugated<br />

tube technique, HRS’s pasteurization<br />

systems use water at a lower temperature<br />

to reduce the risk of product damage.<br />

Another benefit of higher heat transfer<br />

rates is that the system footprint can be<br />

reduced by using shorter heat exchanger<br />

pipes. The shorter length of the heat<br />

exchanger also results in a reduction<br />

in pressure drop, which saves pumping<br />

power and further reduces energy costs<br />

– often by 40%.<br />

One issue with flash pasteurization is<br />

that it still takes time to evenly heat the<br />

product, adding to the total processing<br />

time and increasing the risk of adversely<br />

altering the product’s organoleptic<br />

properties. In contrast, ohmic heating,<br />

which uses electricity to heat the<br />

product rapidly and uniformly, has<br />

been scientifically shown to be highly<br />

effective while maintaining flavors and<br />

quality.<br />

The HRS ohmic system works by passing<br />

electricity between two electrodes in<br />

the product in a 1m ceramic tube, so<br />

the electricity has to pass through the<br />

product. The result is that the juice is<br />

heated up to 105 °C within one second. It<br />

is then held at this temperature for four<br />

seconds before being cooled. Ohmic<br />

technology itself is not new, but the<br />

HRS system uses the latest electronics<br />

to ensure that the temperature curve<br />

is very smooth, which not only helps<br />

to preserve product quality but also<br />

improves process efficiency.<br />

Raw material handling<br />

The HRS I Series offers options to depack<br />

and crush (the IC Series) then melt<br />

(IM Series) frozen fruit juice (a process<br />

also sometimes known as re-melting)<br />

ready for storage or further processing.<br />

The IC Series features a roller conveyor<br />

which feeds individual drums into<br />

a tipper that empties them into the<br />

crusher. Here, a specially designed<br />

spiked roller crushes the solid ice into<br />

an icy slush, which is then transferred to<br />

the IM Series re-melting device.<br />

Based on the tubular heat exchanger<br />

technology for which HRS is renowned,<br />

the IM Series raises the temperature of<br />

the juice from frozen to around 4 °C in<br />

90 seconds. From here, the cold liquid<br />

juice can be pumped to a holding tank,<br />

or straight into the next process step.<br />

The Author<br />

Matt Hale is International Sales & <strong>Marketing</strong><br />

Director at HRS Heat Exchangers<br />

1 American orange production is measured in<br />

boxes, with each box weighing 90 lbs (41 kg).<br />

Therefore, there are 23.4 boxes per metric tonne.<br />

2https://www.mintecglobal.com/topstories/2022/23-brazilian-orange-crop-is-still-forecast-to-rise-despite-the-current-threat-of-drought<br />

3 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-09/orange-juice-shortageworsens-with-record-crop-decline-in-ushub?leadSource=uverify%20wall<br />

4 https://www.foodindustry.com/articles/why-theorange-juice-market-is-struggling/<br />

5 https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-<br />

release/2022/02/02/2377550/0/en/Global-Orange-<br />

Juice-Market-2022-U-S-Prices-Soar-on-Low-Output-in-Florida-IndexBox.html<br />

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by GARRY LEWIS<br />

Four Trends in Bottling & Capping<br />

Machinery<br />

by GARRY LEWIS<br />

Despite the economic disruption<br />

caused by the COVID-19 pandemic<br />

and more recently the cost-of-living<br />

crises impacting the UK, the demand<br />

for packaged products and a greater<br />

variety of such products is continuing<br />

to rise in certain sectors. Specifically,<br />

manufacturers in the beverage industry<br />

are faced with the pressure of providing<br />

product diversity while ensuring the<br />

continued requirements of compliance<br />

with standards.<br />

Garry Lewis, Market Development<br />

Manager, Food, Beverage & Commodities,<br />

OMRON UK examines four ways in which<br />

bottling and capping machine builders<br />

are dealing with these challenges.<br />

1. Seeking better equipment that<br />

speeds up the changeover process<br />

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When the number of SKUs is growing,<br />

it’s more crucial than ever to keep the<br />

changeover process short and sweet.<br />

When companies struggle to find<br />

processes that efficiently accommodate<br />

changeovers, these changeovers take<br />

even longer than usual due to the finetuning<br />

required.<br />

For this reason, many manufacturers are<br />

looking to invest in machines that require<br />

little to no fine-tuning post-changeover.<br />

By minimizing complexity and utilizing<br />

machines with centerlines that are<br />

simple to understand, manufacturers<br />

can improve their systems’ performance<br />

even when new challenges arise.<br />

2. Investing in modular technologies<br />

that enhance flexibility<br />

Flexible manufacturing is essential for<br />

companies that produce many different<br />

products in varying combinations.<br />

Beverage packaging companies need<br />

equipment that can dynamically switch<br />

between container and cap sizes and<br />

apply the correct labels to various items.<br />

A go-to solution for this need is to use a<br />

collaborative robot.<br />

Collaborative robots can be easily<br />

“taught” new tasks or variations on<br />

tasks involving slightly different shapes<br />

or sizes. Guided by machine vision,<br />

these extremely flexible robots can<br />

recognise different product types and<br />

determine the appropriate next step.<br />

When combined with a mobile base,<br />

a collaborative robot can offer a fully<br />

modular material handling solution.<br />

years along with advances in technology,<br />

making it a critical application for today’s<br />

world-class manufacturers. Today the<br />

evolution of traceability to its latest<br />

phase, Traceability 4.0, is not just about<br />

tracking products throughout the supply<br />

chain but is also delivering to beverage<br />

manufacturers optimized productivity,<br />

quality and brand reputation within<br />

the manufacturing operation by tying<br />

product to process parameters.<br />

4. Building complete liquid filling<br />

and capping solutions from a single<br />

automation supplier<br />

Machine builders face many additional<br />

challenges when incorporating technologies<br />

from multiple suppliers into a<br />

single bottling or capping machine, it<br />

can lead to increased build time, slower<br />

machine performance and more complex<br />

troubleshooting. Aware of these issues<br />

End Users are now seeking to buy<br />

complete packaging lines with multiple<br />

functions from a single source, to<br />

alleviate these issues and reduce the risk<br />

of downtime later in the machine’s life.<br />

There is a step change that bottling and<br />

capping machine builders are integrating<br />

solutions that allow end users to be more<br />

flexible with their manufacturing process,<br />

enabling them to react to the change in<br />

consumer demands more quickly and<br />

cost effectively than ever before.<br />

The Author<br />

Garry Lewis is Market Development Manager<br />

for Food, Beverage & Commodities at OMRON<br />

3. Implementing a more robust<br />

traceability system<br />

One of the main things mandated by<br />

beverage regulation is “traceability” the<br />

practice of maintaining thorough records<br />

on the origins and whereabouts of<br />

products and raw materials by scanning<br />

printed barcodes, direct part marks<br />

(DPMs) or radio frequency identification<br />

(RFID) tags throughout the production<br />

process and the supply chain. From raw<br />

materials supplier to production line to<br />

supermarket to customer, the creation<br />

and distribution of a particular beverage<br />

should be as transparent as possible.<br />

The breadth and scope of traceability<br />

has expanded significantly over the<br />

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A Project of Superlatives<br />

Thanks to KHS technology: Cervejas de Moçambique realizes a returnable glass line in Africa<br />

Using high-tech from KHS, AB InBev subsidiary Cervejas de Moçambique in Mozambique has<br />

now built the biggest and most modern brewery in Africa. The heart of the system is what the<br />

customer claims to be the fastest returnable glass line on the continent, whose successful<br />

installation and commissioning neither a catastrophic tropical cyclone nor the raging corona<br />

pandemic were able to prevent!<br />

In large swathes of Africa, beer has<br />

long been made from local crop<br />

cassava. Home-brewed, it takes on<br />

a variety of forms, usually cloudy,<br />

without any foam to speak of and<br />

with a chunky consistency – almost<br />

like liquid muesli and by no means to<br />

everyone’s taste. The first brewery<br />

to have risen to the challenge of<br />

making a drinkable beer from the<br />

plant also known as manioc or yuca<br />

is Cervejas de Moçambique or CDM.<br />

In 2011 the company launched one of<br />

the first commercial cassava beers<br />

in Africa to market under the brand<br />

name of Impala. 70% of the starch<br />

used comes from the root vegetable<br />

instead of from wheat or barley malt.<br />

A long development phase ultimately<br />

produces a beverage that is yellow<br />

and fruity and slightly cloudy in the<br />

glass. With its white head of foam it<br />

looks like a normal lager and has a<br />

surprisingly refreshing taste.<br />

Impala has proved a roaring success<br />

for CDM in a number of respects:<br />

by procuring local ingredients, the<br />

brewery secures the livelihood of small<br />

farmers in the region and creates lots<br />

of jobs in agriculture. The state honors<br />

this commitment – as it does the fact<br />

that the beer produced is a professional<br />

substitute for the harmful own brews<br />

concocted by its citizens. Thanks to<br />

a lower tax rate, the new beer can be<br />

sold for about 30% less than the usual<br />

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price. With more than a million bottles<br />

sold per annum, this has helped to<br />

make Impala a huge success – one that<br />

has long been emulated in a number of<br />

other African countries and by various<br />

breweries.<br />

In addition to showing innovative<br />

spirit, CDM also sets great store by<br />

tradition. Privatized in 2005 during<br />

the restructure of the market economy<br />

in a country previously under socialist<br />

rule, the company now unites all of<br />

Mozambique’s established beer brands<br />

in its portfolio. This primarily includes<br />

2M brewed since 1950, the name<br />

of which is reminiscent of French<br />

president Patrice de MacMahon. In 1875<br />

he acted as mediator in the conflict<br />

between Portugal and England over<br />

what is now the capital Maputo and is<br />

accordingly admired in this Southwest<br />

African country. Laurentina, the first<br />

beer ever brewed in Mozambique in<br />

1932 – and still a regular award-winner<br />

– is another running favorite. With a<br />

turnover of around €300 million (in<br />

2021), the brewery now largely owned<br />

by the AB InBev Group is by far the<br />

largest local beer producer and market<br />

leader.<br />

New site with potential<br />

This status has been earned by CDM’s<br />

consistent strategy of growth and<br />

continuous increase in capacity. Not<br />

so long ago in 2010 a third factory was<br />

opened in Nampula in the north of<br />

the country in addition to the existing<br />

facilities in the capital Maputo and<br />

Beira further north up the coast. Just<br />

eight years later the foundations were<br />

laid for a further greenfield project in<br />

Marracuene a few kilometers outside<br />

Maputo. Here, production started<br />

up with a capacity of 1.6 million<br />

hectoliters a year. In view of the fastgrowing<br />

population and increasing<br />

demand for high-quality beer, this rapid<br />

development has not yet come to an<br />

end, however; the production site has<br />

been designed in such a way that it can<br />

be easily expanded over the coming<br />

years to cope with a capacity of six<br />

million hectoliters.<br />

which up to 80,000 550-milliliter<br />

bottles per hour can be filled – the<br />

format that accounts for about 95%<br />

of total sales. This line capacity<br />

is extremely high for the African<br />

continent, explains Tobias Zeimentz,<br />

who as key account manager at KHS<br />

is responsible for customer AB InBev<br />

the world over. “In this region it’s rare<br />

to find more than 40,000 bottles per<br />

hour being processed.”<br />

International KHS network<br />

CDM was in a hurry to get its new<br />

plant finished. In order to meet the<br />

ambitious schedule and supply the<br />

various components as quickly as<br />

possible, KHS called on its international<br />

network. The conveyors thus came<br />

from Mexico and the sedimentation<br />

tanks from South Africa. The line<br />

was to be installed by engineers from<br />

Ukraine, Turkey, Mexico and Germany.<br />

KHS colleagues from Brazil were<br />

then to train personnel on the new<br />

machinery as they can communicate<br />

with the Mozambicans in their mother<br />

tongue Portuguese without any loss of<br />

communication. Already at the offer<br />

stage the teamwork was excellent:<br />

the necessary internal and external<br />

coordination processes were triggered<br />

in good time and everyone was<br />

confident that the formidable timeline<br />

could be kept to.<br />

Things did not quite turn out as expected,<br />

however. In March 2019 the country was<br />

The heart of the new location is a<br />

returnable glass line from KHS, on<br />

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hit by Intense Tropical Cyclone Idai that<br />

inflicted heavy damage; over 1,000<br />

people died and almost a million were<br />

made homeless. According to estimates<br />

by the World Bank, the devastation<br />

in Mozambique and the less severely<br />

affected neighboring countries of<br />

Zimbabwe and Malawi totaled about<br />

€1.7 billion in cost.<br />

The region close to the capital was also<br />

impacted by this natural catastrophe,<br />

resulting in delays to the CDM schedule.<br />

The production shop could not be<br />

finished on time to accommodate the<br />

machines ready for installation. KHS<br />

reacted spontaneously and flexibly<br />

by making partial deliveries wherever<br />

possible. Installation then started in<br />

October 2019, although much of the<br />

production shop was still little more<br />

than a shell. From this point forward,<br />

however, all of the deadlines could be<br />

met and all those involved were happy.<br />

Everybody ultimately had every<br />

reason to celebrate when in February<br />

2020 the first bottle was filled on the<br />

line.<br />

Impact of corona lockdown<br />

This happy state of affairs did not last<br />

long, however. Within just a few weeks,<br />

Covid-19 mushroomed into a global<br />

pandemic. Those countries affected<br />

went into lockdown, flights were<br />

canceled and travel became practically<br />

impossible. Within the space of a day,<br />

Mozambique announced it was closing<br />

its borders and there were suddenly no<br />

more flights to the airport in Maputo.<br />

“Our team literally had no other choice<br />

but to flee the country,” Zeimentz<br />

remembers. “So that they didn’t end<br />

up being stranded for an indefinite<br />

period, our colleagues immediately<br />

embarked on their in some cases<br />

difficult homeward journey while<br />

nevertheless observing their duty of<br />

care. At this point, line optimization<br />

was only three-quarters finished and<br />

we still had two months’ work ahead of<br />

us.” Despite this, the decision was the<br />

right one to make in the interests of<br />

personnel: half a year passed before<br />

travel was again possible.<br />

The project needed to continue on<br />

site, however, as Frank Schepping,<br />

technical director at CDM,<br />

emphasizes. “Our local team in<br />

Marracuene now faced the challenge<br />

of commissioning this 80,000-bph<br />

line through online meetings, phone<br />

and video calls and KHS’ remote<br />

maintenance service ReDiS without<br />

there having been any advance<br />

training,” he says. “This of course<br />

initially turned our ramp-up plan<br />

on its head. With lots of hard work,<br />

overtime and a few sleepless nights,<br />

however, we finally managed to ramp<br />

our most important format, the<br />

550-milliliter bottle, up to capacity<br />

so that we were able to supply local<br />

consumers with our beer.” At the end<br />

of the day, everyone is really happy<br />

to have kept the system up and<br />

running. “A shutdown lasting several<br />

months would naturally have been a<br />

disaster,” Zeimentz confirms.<br />

This shortfall in production was<br />

compounded on the marketing<br />

side of things by the government<br />

limiting the sale of alcohol to<br />

certain business hours and imposing<br />

curfews in the spring of 2020 –<br />

with a noticeable effect on beer<br />

consumption and CDM’s business.<br />

Despite this, the brewery did not<br />

allow itself to become disheartened<br />

by the temporary slump and instead<br />

launched the 2M Flow product during<br />

this period. It was an immediate hit<br />

and has continued to enjoy great<br />

popularity ever since.<br />

Finally fit for acceptance<br />

It was not until September 2020 that<br />

most KHS colleagues were able to<br />

return under sometimes still difficult<br />

conditions to complete their work.<br />

A full audit was first held before the<br />

system was successively readied<br />

for acceptance with overhauls,<br />

maintenance and cleaning – all taking<br />

the demands of ongoing production<br />

into account. The pandemic also was<br />

not over, evident in the number of<br />

infections that sporadically broke<br />

out on all sides despite the strictest<br />

safety precautions being taken, these<br />

in turn causing further delays.<br />

Finally, in summer 2021 the plant<br />

officially went into operation after<br />

a five-day performance test that<br />

was successfully passed with a line<br />

efficiency of over 95%. Besides<br />

the two modular KHS labelers –<br />

incidentally a first for AB InBev – the<br />

two Innofill Glass DPG ECO fillers<br />

proved especially convincing: with<br />

extremely low TPO pickup values of<br />

19 micrograms per liter and a low<br />

CO2 consumption of just 150 grams<br />

per hectoliter, they underline KHS’<br />

status as the first choice for filling<br />

technology.<br />

Following an investment of about<br />

€150 million the “biggest and most<br />

modern brewery in Mozambique and<br />

the whole of Africa”, as CDM CEO<br />

Tomaz Salomao puts it, could finally<br />

be ceremoniously opened. Judging<br />

by the great pleasure expressed in<br />

the smooth operation of the new<br />

filling line, the unforeseeable hurdles<br />

that had to be overcome before this<br />

goal could be reached now seem to<br />

(almost) have been forgotten.<br />

Versatile and flexible: modular labeler<br />

At CDM in Mozambique AB InBev has<br />

had two modular KHS labelers installed<br />

for the first time the world over. The<br />

machines can be equipped with various<br />

stations that are changed over within<br />

a very short time indeed as they are<br />

easily docked and undocked using a<br />

lifting truck. This flexibility gives CDM<br />

greater future security, enabling it to<br />

react quickly and easily to new trends<br />

and dynamic market developments.<br />

Impressive performance figures of just<br />

0.054% faulty labels and an efficiency<br />

of over 99% prove doubly convincing<br />

when it comes to the high quality of<br />

KHS labeling technology.<br />

High-tech for Mozambique: excerpt<br />

from the machine list<br />

• Depalletizers: 2 Innopal RS3<br />

• Unpackers: 2 Innopack PPZ<br />

• Crate washer: Innoclean KW<br />

• rate magazine: Innopal RS3<br />

• Bottle washer: Innoclean DM<br />

• Glass bottle fillers: 2 Innofill Glass<br />

DPG ECO<br />

• Pabelers: 2 modular labeling<br />

machines<br />

• Packers: 2 Innopack PPZ<br />

• Palletizers: 2 Innopal RS3<br />

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Packaging for Beverages is Growing more<br />

Sustainable<br />

PET or glass bottle, aluminum can,<br />

beverage carton or maybe even a paper<br />

bottle, single use or multiple use – there<br />

is a huge range of choices for packaging<br />

beverages. But which is the most<br />

sustainable? The focus has increasingly<br />

been placed on ecological aspects over<br />

the last few years in this sector. And<br />

not only for packaging material: these<br />

aspects have also become important for<br />

filling and actual packaging processes.<br />

Some beverages simply come with classic<br />

packaging. We usually buy beer or wine<br />

in a glass bottle, milk in a carton and soft<br />

drinks in a PET bottle. Over the last few<br />

years, however, customers have become<br />

ever more critical, and sustainability<br />

issues have grown in importance for<br />

the beverages sector. Plastics especially<br />

now have a bad reputation – which is<br />

often undeserved. How well a type of<br />

packaging fares when looking at the<br />

ecological balance depends on many<br />

different factors. Experts therefore are<br />

hesitant to give general advice.<br />

A short overview: Glass bottles are<br />

neutral in taste, but also fragile and<br />

heavy. However, they are more suitable<br />

for multiple uses than any other type<br />

of packaging. PET bottles, too, can be<br />

refilled several times and then recycled.<br />

They are shatterproof and notably lighter<br />

than glass bottles. Plastics, however, have<br />

had a bad reputation with customers for<br />

some time now, in spite of the very high<br />

recycling quota for PET beverage bottles<br />

in Germany at more than 94 percent.<br />

Beverages in aluminum cans still enjoy<br />

popularity. But the extraction of the raw<br />

material and the production of the cans<br />

from raw aluminum comes with a huge<br />

cost in terms of energy, so everything<br />

comes down to the collection quota,<br />

because there is no limit to the number<br />

of times the cans can be recycled.<br />

Beverage cartons are also always single<br />

use, but they are for the most part<br />

made from renewable raw materials.<br />

Improved procedures meanwhile ensure<br />

that the cardboard, aluminium and<br />

plastics components are separated.<br />

The Umweltbundesamt, the German<br />

Environmental Agency, therefore<br />

classifies them as “single use packages<br />

with ecological advantages”.<br />

Will there be paper bottles?<br />

At the end of 2016, the Carlsberg Group<br />

presented the “Green Fiber Bottle”, their<br />

prototype for a paper bottle, for the<br />

first time. In the summer of 2020, the<br />

beverages corporation Diageo announced<br />

the first paper-based spirits bottle for<br />

Scottish Johnny Walker whisky, but so<br />

far there has been no large introduction<br />

to the market. In the beginning of 2021,<br />

for the first time in Europe, Coca Cola<br />

offered a plant-based beverage to 2,000<br />

consumers in Hungary that came with a<br />

paper bottle. No further steps were taken<br />

after this test offer, however.<br />

Since the development of sustainable<br />

bottles made of fiber, work on their<br />

optimization has never ceased. The<br />

goal: a completely organic paper bottle.<br />

Currently, the “classic” paper bottle<br />

still consists of paper coated with a thin<br />

layer of PE, which, however, can be easily<br />

peeled off during the processing of waste<br />

paper, separated and then recycled. One<br />

disadvantage of polyethylene is that it<br />

doesn't work very well for carbonated<br />

beverages, and these usually require a<br />

PET coating that is a bit thicker.<br />

The Carlsberg brewery took things a<br />

step further this year: The bottles for a<br />

large-scale consumer test are coated<br />

with PEF (polyethylene furanoate) an<br />

organic polymer with similar properties<br />

to PET. It acts as a highly effective barrier<br />

between the beer and the outer hull<br />

made of fibers, protects the taste and is<br />

supposed to retain the carbonic acid of<br />

the beer better than conventional PET.<br />

The biopolymer is also both compatible<br />

with PET recycling systems and<br />

biodegradable. The current prototypes<br />

are an already improved variant which<br />

features the PEF coating as well as a<br />

new bottom to improve the stability of<br />

the bottle. The next generation of bottles<br />

are planned to be made available with a<br />

fiber-based lid and cap, too.<br />

Lightweight glass bottle for<br />

multiple use<br />

Glass is a popular packaging material<br />

for beverages. Its greatest disadvantage<br />

is only its high weight, because in direct<br />

comparison, PET bottles can be up to<br />

90 percent lighter than the multiple use<br />

variety made of glass. But manufacturers<br />

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of glass packaging are working on light<br />

versions, for example made of tempered<br />

lightweight glass. Reusable bottles<br />

produced this way are not only up to<br />

30 percent lighter than the standard<br />

variety, they are also more resistant<br />

to abrasion, which can turn them into<br />

a real alternative both economically<br />

and ecologically. However, the thermal<br />

treatment that in the end gives the glass<br />

its greater stability limits the possibilities<br />

of product design. Variations in wall<br />

thickness present an especially difficult<br />

challenge during the process.<br />

Better safety on the road<br />

In order for bottles, cans and beverage<br />

cartons to reach their point of sale<br />

without damage, they need proper safety<br />

measures during transportation. Usually,<br />

thin stretch wrap is used for stable<br />

packing on a pallet. For this purpose,<br />

machine manufacturers like interpack<br />

exhibitor Mosca offer strapping machines<br />

for pallets and stretch winders. Depending<br />

on the type of packaging, safety<br />

requirements for the pallet can be very<br />

different. Cans must be protected against<br />

warping, glass bottles against breaking.<br />

In order to transport lightweight, empty<br />

beverage cans, for example, they not only<br />

need to be held in place from the side<br />

or from the top, but also require light<br />

pressure to be kept secure on their way<br />

to the beverage bottlers. A new strapping<br />

machine for pallets by Mosca creates the<br />

necessary pressure on the empty cans<br />

through vertical strapping. The system<br />

uses sustainable PET straps made from<br />

recycled materials and packages/wraps<br />

up to 61 pallets per hour for transport,<br />

without wasting resources. As a narrow<br />

strip of plastic is enough to secure even<br />

the heaviest pallets, the use of material<br />

and the carbon footprint are kept to a<br />

minimum.<br />

Alternative to plastic shrink<br />

wrap<br />

Inside modern stretch winders, a reel of<br />

foil circles the pallet horizontally, while<br />

the goods – full cans or fragile bottles<br />

– remain static. Elastic stretch wrap is<br />

used very often, as pre-stretching the<br />

foil increases its stretchability up to<br />

300 percent. Manufacturers are already<br />

working on a more sustainable solution<br />

using renewable material. For example,<br />

The weight-reduced bodies of the bottles developed by KHS are made of 100 percent rPET and a hairthin<br />

inner coating of glass.<br />

Copyright: Frank Reinhold<br />

packaging a pallet with elastic, punctureresistant<br />

paper is a packaging solution<br />

that can be fully recycled. For wrapping<br />

PET bottles, too, a paper-based solution<br />

that can be completely recycled has<br />

recently entered the market: a package<br />

band made from 100 percent kraft paper<br />

that wraps around bottles, has a high<br />

tensile strength and is able to support<br />

enough weight to secure the bottles<br />

during transport. The second part of this<br />

solution is a clamp made of corrugated<br />

cardboard that grips the bottle neck.<br />

Individual bottles can be easily separated<br />

from the package.<br />

Hygiene is a priority<br />

The beverage can still remains popular.<br />

While it used to be the case that cans were<br />

primarily filled with beers and carbonated<br />

drinks, for some time now there has<br />

been a trend towards canning more<br />

sensitive products like iced teas, plantbased<br />

drinks, juices, smoothies or nearwater<br />

products. This development poses<br />

new hygienic challenges to beverage<br />

bottlers. The system manufacturer<br />

KHS reacted to this by developing the<br />

fill-and-seal block SmartCan together<br />

with the Swiss mechanical engineering<br />

company Ferrum, which represents the<br />

first time that their respective machines<br />

have been seamlessly joined and also<br />

features optimized hygienic measures.<br />

The hygienic space inside the filler part<br />

of the block consists of raised sheathing<br />

plates on one side, and an enclosure on<br />

the other side that has a notably smaller<br />

product space around the filler carousel:<br />

Following the so-called donut principle,<br />

this creates a ring-shaped enclosure,<br />

reduces the volume of the hygienic space<br />

by 40 percent and allows an optimized,<br />

targeted jet of sterile air to stream<br />

around the sensitive zone.<br />

Filling technology<br />

Hygiene is also important for the new<br />

aseptic filling system developed by Sidel<br />

for the growing market for sensitive<br />

beverages in PET bottles. The integrated<br />

stretch-blow-fill-seal solution is a further<br />

development of Aseptic Combi Predis<br />

technology, intended to help bottling<br />

companies serve the growing market<br />

for drinks with a long shelf life, like for<br />

example juice, fruit beverages, soft<br />

drinks, isotonic drinks and tea, as well<br />

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as liquid dairy products. The demand for<br />

these products, says Sidel, is expected<br />

to reach a volume of 192 billion units by<br />

2024, which is an increase of 44 percent<br />

compared to 2011. Sensitive products<br />

are said to represent 55 percent of the<br />

market for non-alcoholic beverages, and<br />

the predicted growth of this segment<br />

(annual growth rate of 2.3 percent from<br />

2019 to 2025) is higher for PET bottles<br />

than for other materials.<br />

Flexible response to demands<br />

Regarding the packaging of their<br />

products, bottling companies today face<br />

multiple challenges, both economic and<br />

ecological. On the one hand, they are<br />

subject to pressure from growing time<br />

constraints and rising costs, on the other<br />

hand, the beverages industry is under<br />

scrutiny from the legislature right now<br />

– especially regarding recycling quotas<br />

and carbon emissions. Considering these<br />

developments, interpack exhibitor KHS is<br />

offering their customers a large portfolio<br />

of adjustable block solutions, especially<br />

for filling PET bottles, among them a new,<br />

modular platform that can be customized<br />

and expanded. First used for filling glass<br />

bottles in 2020, the machines now also<br />

fulfil customer wishes for adaptability<br />

and a guaranteed future when it comes<br />

to plastic bottles. “Nobody can say which<br />

trends the industry will follow in five<br />

years”, says Manfred Härtel, Product<br />

Manager Filling at KHS. “This is the<br />

reason we made our platform modular,<br />

so it can be fitted any time for different<br />

drinks or PET containers, depending on<br />

the demands of the market.” This way,<br />

additional individual components can<br />

be bought at a later time and integrated<br />

into existing solutions with a minimum of<br />

effort. In addition, many improvements in<br />

construction already help to save energy.<br />

The new filler allows filling temperatures<br />

to rise to 24 degrees Celsius, which lowers<br />

the investment and maintenance costs<br />

for energy-intensive cooling technology.<br />

At these temperatures there is also no<br />

condensation of water, which would have<br />

to be dried using a lot of energy before<br />

further packaging in foil or cardboard.<br />

“Tethered Caps” soon to be<br />

mandatory<br />

Caps and valves are often a problem<br />

when it comes to littering and the<br />

recycling of plastic bottles. EU legislation<br />

is therefore making the use of closures<br />

that are permanently connected to the<br />

bottle mandatory from 2024. Many<br />

manufacturers have already reacted and<br />

developed so-called “Tethered Caps”.<br />

Earlier than necessary, manufacturers<br />

of beverages are already following the<br />

EU guideline, among them Coca-Cola:<br />

The corporation already introduced their<br />

attached caps in 2021, and has been<br />

expanding them to an increasing number of<br />

PET single use bottles. Little has changed<br />

for consumers: The opening mechanism<br />

is the same, and the cap which is now<br />

attached to a safety ring can still be moved<br />

round the neck of the bottle as desired or<br />

secured in a specific position. By January<br />

2024, the beverage corporation aims to<br />

have successively converted all its German<br />

plants. At the end of 2021, the bottling<br />

plant in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia,<br />

was the first to make the change.<br />

Manufacturers assume that the new caps<br />

will only resonate well with consumers if<br />

the handling is right. Consumer studies<br />

reveal that a “Tethered Cap” by interpack<br />

With the stretch winder Saturn S6 by Mosca, even fragile bottles can be transported to the supermarket<br />

with optimum safety.<br />

Copyright: Mosca<br />

The ClipAside Tethered Caps connected to the<br />

beverage bottle already fulfil the requirements<br />

of the EU Guideline 2019/904 for better recycling.<br />

Copyright: Bericap<br />

exhibitor Bericap did well because of<br />

its intuitive handling, the 180-degreeopening<br />

and its hygienic advantages.<br />

An early switch to “Tethered Caps” can<br />

allow beverage companies to increase<br />

the attractiveness of their products in the<br />

market.<br />

Intelligent caps<br />

Freshness indicators are helpful for the<br />

beverages sector as well. United Caps and<br />

the start-up Mimica have marketed a clever<br />

cap solution that includes a freshness<br />

indicator. The “Touchcap” changes its<br />

surface from even to uneven when a<br />

product is no longer fit for consumption.<br />

This is possible thanks to a gel in a special<br />

label that can change its structure. The<br />

cap can be recycled and consists of a lid<br />

base and a closing cap. After filling, this<br />

is mounted by a specialized machine<br />

that, like other modules – for example<br />

for labelling or stretch wrapping – can be<br />

seamlessly integrated into production. It<br />

is the consumer who activates the effect<br />

by opening the lid for the first time by<br />

twisting the cap. Currently, there is a pilot<br />

project in the UK with an orange juice<br />

brand.<br />

Which other sustainable and innovative<br />

solutions the beverage industry will<br />

present will be revealed at interpack. From<br />

4 to 10 May <strong>2023</strong>, the exhibitors of the<br />

world's leading trade fair for processing &<br />

packaging in Düsseldorf will present their<br />

newest developments along the entire<br />

value chain – from machines, systems<br />

and packaging options to materials and<br />

recycling. In hall 13 there is a special focus<br />

on bottling and packaging solutions for<br />

the beverages sector.<br />

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Events<br />

Simply Unique – interpack is Ready and<br />

Waiting to Go<br />

The countdown has started and we are all looking forward to the greatest and most<br />

international industry meeting of the processing and packaging sector.<br />

No other industry trade fair can compare when it comes<br />

to representing the global packaging market in its entire<br />

variety and scope. The interpack in May this year will again<br />

offer the packaging and related process industry the biggest<br />

international overview of the market, thereby more than<br />

earning its motto “simply unique”. To help visitors find their<br />

way around the 18 trade fair halls, there is a new custom<br />

concept based on the core target groups food, beverages,<br />

confectionery and baked goods, pharmaceutical products,<br />

cosmetics, non-food and industrial goods.<br />

Around 2,700 companies from around the world will meet<br />

in Düsseldorf from 4 -10 May, <strong>2023</strong>, to present cutting edge<br />

technologies and packaging trends from along the entire<br />

value chain, demonstrate chances for growth and respond<br />

to the challenges of the industry.<br />

They will show the latest developments when it comes to<br />

sustainability, processing and packaging technology for<br />

a better life, or efficient production processes that are<br />

less resource intensive. Around 2,700 key players and<br />

newcomers from all over the world are using interpack as<br />

a stage to present their premières, and celebrate the longawaited<br />

reunion of the global packaging industry.<br />

Food, beverages, non-food and industrial goods<br />

The food sector is among the most favored target groups<br />

of visitors to interpack, and this shows in the breadth of<br />

their presentation. The global demand for packaged foods<br />

is increasing. In saturated markets with strong incomes,<br />

conscious consumption and consumer behavior also shifts<br />

towards sustainability, regional produce, organic food or<br />

fair trade, and this includes packaging. Like the current<br />

challenges posed by energy management and conservation<br />

of resources, this causes a process of transformation within<br />

the sector. A similar observation can be made for beverages<br />

and non-food products, which are presented together with<br />

the food sector in halls 5 and 6, as well as in 11 and 14. Around<br />

20 percent of visitors to interpack are especially interested in<br />

solutions for industrial goods. These, too, are to be found in<br />

the same halls. In hall 13, there is a special focus on bottling<br />

and packaging solutions for the beverages sector.<br />

Packaging materials and packaging<br />

Halls 7 and 7a, 8a, 9 and 10 of interpack are of the highest<br />

importance for the sector. This is where visitors can view at least<br />

a third of all exhibitors with all their materials and their finished<br />

packaging products. This presentation, which is not only for<br />

users, of packaging, packaging materials and packaging aids is<br />

already the largest packaging trade fair in the world. This also<br />

makes interpack unique. Here is where all packaging materials are<br />

represented and there is an especially high number of innovations<br />

in the field of sustainability and conservation of resources, for<br />

example in using new materials, sustainable raw materials, or<br />

increasing the amount of recyclates used in packaging.<br />

Inform, decorate, customize – packaging carries information.<br />

How to implement this for different products and<br />

requirements, is presented by the exhibitors in halls 8a<br />

and 8b. Here, there are machines for labelling and marking<br />

technology, for example at Bluhm Systeme, Langguth,<br />

Domino Printing Sciences, Videojet Technologies, Herma or<br />

Possehl. This offer is completed by solutions from packaging<br />

production and integrated packaging printing. Here you<br />

can visit companies like Starlinger, Totani, Fujifilm Europe,<br />

the Brückner Group or HP Germany.<br />

Sustainable material innovations<br />

Much is happening on the market for packaging, packaging<br />

material and packaging aids. Visitors can expect many novelties,<br />

for example at Metsä Board in Hall 8a. The company specializes<br />

in the development of light cardboard and recyclable barrier<br />

cardboard. ”With our products and services, we can reduce the<br />

carbon footprint of packaging throughout the value chain, from<br />

optimal material selection, packaging design, 3D simulation and<br />

enhance recyclability and production efficiency. We have a clear<br />

roadmap to move to 100% fossil free products and production<br />

by the end of 2030,” is how VP Communications Marjo Halonen<br />

describes the focus of the company.<br />

Packaging systems by SCHÜTZ are used a million times<br />

every day the world over. At interpack in Hall 10, the<br />

company among other things presents novel products like<br />

the Green Layer series, which aids customers in minimizing<br />

their carbon footprint. “For Schütz, for our global team<br />

and for our internationally active customers, interpack<br />

is the world’s largest and most important platform for<br />

communication and information. With our multimedia<br />

overall concept, digital animations and of course in<br />

personal talks with our international team, at our booth we<br />

will present novel products which are ideal for a circular<br />

economy and optimize the supply chain of our customers<br />

both economically and ecologically,” says CEO Roland<br />

Straßburger, vice president of interpack.<br />

Inform, decorate, individualize<br />

How to mark products, safely, efficiently and in an intelligent<br />

manner, is what visitors can learn, for example, at Bluhm<br />

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Systeme in Hall 8b. Here and in Hall 8a, the spotlight is<br />

on packaging as a medium of information. “This year, the<br />

marking world of interpack is concentrated within one-anda-half<br />

of all the 18 trade fair Halls. We are already looking<br />

forward to many talks with our customers, to the impressive<br />

design for our booth and the many new products. 300 m²<br />

offer us enough space for a close-up presentation of our<br />

highlights” says Andreas Koch, Sales Director at Bluhm<br />

Systeme.<br />

“We are delighted that with interpack, the largest leading<br />

trade fair is happening again this year – and right on our<br />

doorstep,” says Matthias Rauen, Sales Director of Langguth<br />

GmbH, which is also represented in Hall 8b. “With our<br />

labelling machines, we want to meet the modern demands<br />

of the production world with regards to more efficient<br />

machines, higher degrees of automation as well as the<br />

service demands made of production systems, like OEE data<br />

recording or predictive maintenance.”<br />

Exciting specials at interpack open up new<br />

perspectives<br />

From packaging world stars and newcomers to roving<br />

reporters, food rescuers and the co-packer scene, to unique<br />

women and the movers and shakers of today and tomorrow:<br />

Visitors can look forward to many exciting special features<br />

at interpack.<br />

"We are diving deep into the most important topics in<br />

the processing and packaging industry," said Thomas<br />

Dohse, Director of interpack. "We are putting tomorrow's<br />

opportunities and challenges on the agenda. That is why<br />

we have redesigned our supporting programme. We look<br />

forward to numerous voices from experts as well as groundbreaking<br />

innovations and projects."<br />

Spotlight on the defining industry issues<br />

"Spotlight talks & trends" at interpack means seven days<br />

of input around the most important topics and trends<br />

in the industry, best practices, exciting applications and<br />

their drivers for innovation and growth. Each day of the<br />

trade fair will have a different focus topic and will feature<br />

presentations, case studies and interactive sessions with<br />

top industry experts. The focus will be on topics related<br />

to logistics, circular economy, sustainability, digital<br />

technologies, product safety and e-commerce. Companies<br />

such as Siemens, Schütz and Markem-Imaje have already<br />

announced their attendance for presentations.<br />

Focus on packaging innovations<br />

Like no other trade fair, interpack stands for major product<br />

launches, technological news and packaging innovations.<br />

These will be highlighted again this year through award<br />

ceremonies.<br />

The "WorldStar Packaging Awards" <strong>2023</strong>, which will be<br />

presented by the World Packaging Organisation, WPO,<br />

Filler and seamer part of the combined block solution SmartCan by KHS/<br />

Ferrum feature optimised hygienic properties.<br />

Copyright: Roth und Schmid Fotografie<br />

at interpack, will be of particular appeal. The award is<br />

considered the most prestigious packaging award in the<br />

world. A total of 228 award winners demonstrate the<br />

innovative strength of the industry. This year's edition also<br />

features new and exciting categories: Gift Packaging, Digital<br />

Packaging and the special category Accessible Packaging.<br />

Around 400 participants are expected to attend the award<br />

ceremony on May 6.<br />

The "PackTheFuture Award" of the German IK Industrievereinigung<br />

Kunststoffverpackungen and its French partner<br />

ELIPSO will also be handed out during interpack. The award<br />

honors innovative and sustainable packaging solutions<br />

made of plastic. The aim is to promote and publicize the<br />

contribution of plastic packaging to climate protection, the<br />

circular economy and responsible consumption. Awards are<br />

given for the best designs for recycling, sustainable material<br />

sourcing or consumer benefits, among others.<br />

"Late Night" during the day: Live TV from the<br />

trade fair<br />

The Tightly Packed TV Studio from interpack and packaging<br />

journal will also be celebrating a premiere. In the atmosphere<br />

of a "late night" studio, there will be exciting talk shows with<br />

well-known heads of the industry, discussions on the most<br />

important topics and live broadcasts from the exhibition<br />

halls. The studio is located in the transition area from the<br />

North Entrance to Hall 9 on the second floor. All broadcasts<br />

are also transmitted on the Internet.<br />

All in all, the interpack is raring to go. The exhibitors will<br />

be presenting packaging and processing technology for<br />

tomorrow. Visitors will find information on all aspects of<br />

trending topics of the industry. Start planning your visit,<br />

now to get the most from your trip. To meet up with the Dr.<br />

Harnisch team, please let us know a convenient time. We are<br />

looking forward to May in Düsseldorf.<br />

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Events<br />

Experience the World's Nutraceutical<br />

Event: Registration open for Vitafoods<br />

The much-loved nutraceutical event returns both in person and<br />

online this May with an expanded offering including new, premium<br />

content.<br />

Registration is now open for Vitafoods Europe <strong>2023</strong>, the leading<br />

global platform for nutraceutical, functional food and beverage,<br />

and dietary supplement professionals. The event is set to<br />

welcome over 15,000 attendees from around the globe to Geneva,<br />

Switzerland, from 9-11 May in person and online 1-12 May. Visitors<br />

can experience exclusive expert-led content on consumer trends,<br />

market opportunities and scientific innovations, as well as connect<br />

with like-minded peers and suppliers to inspire new collaborations<br />

and finished products.<br />

In addition to returning favorites, this year’s event will offer brand<br />

new show features – such as the new Sustainability Resource<br />

Center and the Startup Innovation Challenge – plus premium<br />

content offerings via the Future of Nutrition Summit (8 May) and<br />

the Vitafoods Europe Conference (9-10 May) which are designed to<br />

keep businesses at the leading-edge of the industry.<br />

Speaking on the return of the event and the addition of new premium<br />

content offerings, Andy Mather, Brand Director of Vitafoods Europe<br />

at Informa Markets, said, “Vitafoods Europe <strong>2023</strong> aims to create a<br />

unique experience that visitors will not just find valuable, but that<br />

they will also really enjoy. This year, we are introducing a host of<br />

new content, designed to inspire, engage and provide the spark to<br />

propel the industry forward.<br />

The new Sustainability Resource Center will feature innovations and<br />

insights from passionate experts dedicated to driving sustainable<br />

change in the nutrition industry. Meanwhile, the Startup Innovation<br />

Challenge provides an opportunity for upcoming nutraceutical stars<br />

to make their mark on the industry and develop their innovative<br />

projects through a through a specialized support programme. We<br />

are excited to welcome everyone in the Vitafoods community back<br />

for <strong>2023</strong> both in Geneva and online – plus those joining us for the<br />

first time – to experience the creativity and collaborations on offer.”<br />

Show highlights<br />

Offering a huge range of new and returning content for visitors<br />

to explore, including a mix of premium paid-for and free-to-attend<br />

sessions, the Vitafoods Europe <strong>2023</strong> agenda will explore everything<br />

from market trends, sustainability, women in nutraceuticals, and<br />

more. Highlights of this year’s event include:<br />

• Future of Nutrition Summit – join a diverse range of C-suite<br />

industry leaders and futurist thinkers for an exclusive, paidfor<br />

one-day summit discussing the trends and technologies<br />

that will shape the nutrition industry in 5+ years’ time – from<br />

precision nutrition and the digitalization of health management<br />

to sustainable supply chain solutions.<br />

• Vitafoods Europe Conference – this premium, two-day<br />

conference returns in a new format, focused on current<br />

challenges and opportunities in sports and active nutrition;<br />

cognitive and emotional health; metabolic and immune<br />

health; life stages and healthy ageing. Now located in a<br />

purpose-built theater on the Vitafoods Europe show floor,<br />

visitors can easily combine attending the conference<br />

alongside their regular show floor and expo experience.<br />

• The Vitafoods Insights Theater – returning for <strong>2023</strong>, the<br />

Vitafoods Insights Theater offers free-to-attend expert<br />

sessions diving into current global consumer trends, updates<br />

on regulatory and supply chain issues, as well as insights into<br />

delivery formats and packaging.<br />

• Startup Innovation Challenge – discover cutting-edge<br />

innovations from the most exciting health and nutraceutical<br />

startups as they pitch their ideas live. .<br />

• Sustainability Resource Center – dedicated to driving<br />

sustainable change in the nutrition industry, this resource<br />

center offers expert presentations and insights into the full<br />

spectrum of sustainability issues.<br />

Experience innovations, ideas and insights<br />

yourself<br />

“Standing still simply isn’t an option in this industry; people<br />

return to Vitafoods Europe year-after-year to drive their<br />

businesses forward and be inspired.” says Mather. “This<br />

year, we are offering another lively agenda, packed full of<br />

exciting opportunities to connect and gather knowledge. This<br />

includes both new and reimagined premium, paid-for events<br />

that will dive deeper into current trends and future industry<br />

predictions; the Vitafoods Europe Conference and the Future<br />

of Nutrition Summit. The latter joins the Vitafoods Europe<br />

<strong>2023</strong> family after being a huge success at previous Food<br />

Ingredients Europe events. We truly believe that Vitafoods<br />

Europe <strong>2023</strong> has something for everyone, and that this year's<br />

attendees will experience the very best in industry innovations<br />

and insights to keep their businesses at the leading-edge of<br />

nutrition.”<br />

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Events<br />

28-30 March<br />

Lagos, Nigeria<br />

food + bev tec<br />

fairtrade Messe GmbH & Co. KG<br />

Kurfürsten Anlage 36,<br />

69115 Heidelberg, Germany<br />

Tel.: +49-6221/4565-0 • Fax: +49-6221/4565-25<br />

info@fairtrade-messe.de<br />

www.fairtrade-messe.de<br />

4-10 May<br />

Dusseldorf, Germany<br />

interpack<br />

Messe Düsseldorf GmbH<br />

Postfach 10 10 06, 40001 Düsseldorf, Germany<br />

Tel.: +49 211 45 60 01 • Fax: +49 211 45 60 6 68<br />

www.interpack.com<br />

8-11 May<br />

Milano, Italy<br />

TUTTO FOOD<br />

Camera di Commercio Italo-Tedesca<br />

Italienische Handelskammer München-Stuttgart e.V.<br />

Landaubogen 10, D-81373 München<br />

Tel.: +49-89-961661-86<br />

messner@italcam.de • www.italcam.de<br />

9-11 May<br />

Geneva Switzerland<br />

Vitafoods Europe<br />

Informa Exhibitions, 5 Howick Place,<br />

London SW1P 1WG, Great Britain<br />

Tel.: +44 20 337 73111<br />

www.vitafoods.eu.com<br />

28-30 May<br />

Cairo, Egypt<br />

Food ingredients Africa<br />

Informa Markets<br />

PO Box 12740, de Entree 73,<br />

Toren A, 1100 AS Amsterdam Zuid Oost, The Netherlands<br />

Tel.: +31-20-409 9544 •Fax: +31-20-363 2616<br />

www.figlobal.com<br />

8-10 June<br />

Addis Abada, Ethiopia<br />

Agrofood<br />

fairtrade Messe GmbH & Co. KG<br />

Kurfürsten Anlage 36,<br />

69115 Heidelberg, Germany<br />

Tel.: +49-6221/4565-0 • Fax: +49-6221/4565-25<br />

info@fairtrade-messe.de<br />

www.fairtrade-messe.de<br />

16-19 July<br />

Chicago, IL, USA<br />

IFT Food Expo<br />

Institute of Food Technologists<br />

252 W. Van Buren,<br />

Suite 1000, Chicago,<br />

IL 60607<br />

Tel.: +1-312-782-8424<br />

Fax: +1-312-782-8348<br />

www.ift.org<br />

26-28 September<br />

Nuremberg, Germany<br />

Powtech<br />

NürnbergMesse GmbH<br />

Messezentrum,<br />

90471 Nuremberg<br />

Tel.: +49 911 86 06 49 09<br />

Fax: +49 911 86 06 49 08<br />

www.powtech.de<br />

7-9 November<br />

Dubai, UAE<br />

Gulfood Manufacturing<br />

Dubai World Trade Centre,<br />

P.O. Box 9292, Dubai, UAE<br />

Tel: (+971) 4 308 6124<br />

info@dwtc.com<br />

www.gulfood.com<br />

8-30 November<br />

Frankfurt, France<br />

Food ingredients Europe<br />

Informa Markets<br />

PO Box 12740, de Entree 73,<br />

Toren A, 1100 AS Amsterdam Zuid Oost,<br />

The Netherlands<br />

Tel.: +31-20-409 9544<br />

Fax: +31-20-363 2616<br />

www.figlobal.com<br />

28-30 November<br />

Nuremberg, Germany<br />

Brau Beviale<br />

NürnbergMesse GmbH<br />

Messezentrum,<br />

90471 Nuremberg<br />

Tel.: +49 911 86 06 49 09<br />

Fax: +49 911 86 06 49 08<br />

www.brau-beviale.de<br />

* This list of events is accurate, to the best of our knowledge. However potential visitors are recommended to check with the organizer since<br />

some details are subject to change. We make no claims to be complete and are grateful for any corrections or completions. Please contact:<br />

drink@harnisch.com<br />

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E-Mail: sales@posimat.com<br />

www.posimat.com<br />

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