Drinktec to showcase latest in cold-aseptic filling

Published: 05 Aug 2009 21:31:13 PST

Drinktec 2009, which will be held in Munich between September 14-19, 2009, will witness the meeting of producers of cold-aseptic beverage filling technology. Interest in cold-aseptic process continues to grow with it proving more popular than hot fill and filling using cold sterilisation agents. The process is especially useful to the non-alcoholic drinks sector.
The consumer demand is continuously growing for more natural beverages, that is, those with no preservatives, and for products with additional benefits. Beverages with little or no carbonation, and often with a high pH-level that makes them easily digestible, should be offered to consumers. This calls for aseptic cold filling, which allows the implementation of consumer-oriented product concepts, providing the public with beverages that have been bottled gently, with no additional thermal stress, as is the case with hot filling for example, and no added preservatives.