Achieving beverage quality is the foundation of a great product, whether you’re brewing the perfect beer, producing the finest wine or bottling the purest water.
It is essential to comply with the highest standards for clarity, purity, taste, and safety to meet consumer expectations and regulatory requirements. The key to achieving all of this lies in having a proper filtration system in place.
At the bottling and packaging stages, which are the final checkpoints, filtration is essential. It safeguards your beverage by removing any remaining particulates, micro-organisms, and impurities, ensuring a stable product of consistent quality that delivers the intended taste, aroma, and shelf life.
At Cleanova, we are experts in advanced filtration solutions tailored to the food & beverage industry, including our specialised knowledge in the wine-making process (Figure 1).
For optimal product quality, our recommended filtration sequence before your beverage bottling and packaging stages includes:
- TPPP/EPPP Series: Polypropylene pleated cartridges that serve as trap filters, capturing any residual materials from upstream equipment, such as fermentation particles, residual clarifier agents, and dislodged particles from tank walls and pipework. They act as a safety barrier to the pre-filters and, consequently, to the membrane filters.
- CleanFine: Higher performance polypropylene pleated cartridges designed to reduce operational costs by protecting the final membrane filter from premature clogging, extending its service life. It effectively removes common contaminants found in beverages before bottling, such as yeast cells, fermentation residues and protein haze.
- CleanPurity: The premium choice for final filter cartridges that remove any remaining spoilage micro-organisms, ensuring a micro-biological stable, sterile and compliant final product, even in preservative-free beverages. The CleanPurity range features a highly asymmetric PES membrane and extended service life. All cartridges are 100% integrity testable and verified following production.
- CleanSelect: A cost-effective yet high-quality option for final PES membrane filtration in beverage bottling and packaging. It delivers the highest standards for microbiological safety and product quality, ensuring that your investment is both efficient and effective. Fully integrity testable and verified following production.
Our food & beverage filter cartridges are not only fully compliant but also manufactured with EC-approved materials for food contact and FDA-listed materials as per FDA – CFR21. This ensures that Cleanova’s products meet the highest safety standards. Cleanova’s housing manufacturing flexibility also enables us to customise vessels according to the needs of your application, with a choice of designs and sizes in line with industry standard configurations.
Cleanova tips for smooth and efficient beverage bottling and packaging operations:
- Always use pre-filters. They protect the downstream equipment and help reduce operational costs
- Replace your filter cartridges at the right time by monitoring differential pressure and flow rate
- Don’t overlook utility water filtration. Bottle rinsing is a critical step in beverage production, and using microbiologically stable water is essential to prevent recontamination just before sealing.
- It is recommended to always perform integrity testing on your final membrane cartridges
- Ensure your filter housings are sanitised adequately between production batches
- Remember that bottling is just the final step. Effective filtration is equally crucial throughout the upstream stages of beverage production.
- Work with a trusted and experienced filtration supplier who understands your application and industry regulations.
Cleanova is a leader in filtration, offering one of the most complete product portfolios on the market. Our deep expertise across various food and beverage applications helps producers achieve optimal performance.