CO2 MANAGEMENT OF YOUR BEVERAGE
Distinct taste and superior quality – that’s what consumers aim for when buying your product. The constant need for efficiency, variety and flexibility in production puts additional pressure on food and beverage processors. Pentair's CO2 Management Solutions puts you at ease when it comes to product quality and optimizing the management of CO2 as your key quality parameters - so you can focus on that distinct taste.
Haffmans quality control equipment is available for portable, lab or inline usage, and include the measurement of CO2. So start now by measuring your CO2 levels during and after production and improve your taste stability and shelf life.
Benefits
- Longer shelf-life
- Reliable measurement gives you peace of mind
- Taste stability due to better control
- Manage the customer experience of your beverage
Importance of measuring co2
CO2 measurement has various important roles:
TASTE
Can you remember you've ever tried a beer or soft drink without CO2? Please forget that thought instantly because CO2 has some important benefits when it comes to beverages. CO2 gives a stabile taste experience when you keep your CO2 values constant because CO2
- transports Aroma's during tasting to the nose of the consumer, keeping the CO2 values stabile means a very consistent taste experience
- CO2 is giving freshness and fizz to it's taste.
SHELF LIFE
CO2 acts as preservative and increases shelf life. This means that when every batch has the same CO2 content the best before date is similar. Off course this is different when your CO2 levels are fluctuating between batches, then this can have a negative impact on your shelf life and also on customer satisfaction. Therefore it is especially important to have CO2 management in place to protect the shelf life of your beverage. That's because your beverage should have the same taste experience by the end of the best before date as if it was freshly bottled.
WHERE TO MEASURE CO2 IN YOUR PROCESS
Breweries, Beverage and Soft Drink Producers can measure CO2 levels during various process steps. The overview below shows where CO2 measurements can be conducted as part of your production process.
Cold Block (brewery related)
- Monitoring the CO2 formation during fermentation
- Monitoring the CO2 content during the carbonation process
Packaging
- Final in-process quality control
Laboratory
- Final product quality control check
CO2 content of carbonated beveragesin tanks
- in pipelines
- in kegs (pre-mix)
- on dispensing systems
- in bottles and cans (in combination with ISD-SP)
Pentair's Solutions for the Brewing Industry
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proven co2 technology
From tools with a more manual approach where the bottle needs to be manually brought to equilibrium between gas and liquid up to advanced solutions using laser technology and even fully automated measurement. Pentair Haffmans offers the full scope. See our related products at this page to discover more.
CO2 measurement using laser technology
The Pentair Haffmans CO2 Selector is using a laser that beams trough the package of a bottle. The CO2 molecules in the headspace absorb the infrared light send through the bottle. The result of the measurement is based on the width of the absorption lines (related to the total pressure) and its intensity (related to the concentration of the CO2).
Related products
HAFFMANS DO CONTENT MEASUREMENT DEVICE - OXY-2GO
For smaller breweries needing a cost-effective yet reliable DO content measurement device, Pentair Haffmans Oxy-2Go is the answer.
HAFFMANS PORTABLE INTELLIGENT C02 METER I-DGM
Fast and accurate determination of the CO2 content in beer and carbonated beverages based onHenry’s Law.
HAFFMANS NON-INVASIVE CO2 MEASUREMENT
Innovative laser technology measures the partial CO2 pressure and total pressure of the headspace.
Package Analyzer - Haffmans c-TPO Selective
Differentiated O2 and selective CO2 measurement for breweries that use N2 assisted filling instead of CO2, or inject N2 into the product during packaging.
Haffmans Optical In-line CO2 / O2 Meter - AUCOMET-I
Fast and accurate in-line determination of the CO2 / O2 content in beer and beverages based on the internationally standardized method of Henry’s Law.
Haffmans Dewpoint Tester - DPT
Accurate measurement of the condensation temperature of humidity present in CO2 or other gases.
Haffmans Inpack CO2 Meter - ICD
User-friendly CO2 meter allows for a reliable and fast determination of the equilibrium pressure. The equilibrium is created by shaking the container manually before or after the sample is pierced.
Haffmans Total Lab Solutions - TLS
Customized laboratories for quality analysis throughout the production process. From concept to after sales service.
HAFFMANS PORTABLE OPTICAL CO2/02/TPO METER C-DGM
Combining the internationally accepted determination of the dissolved CO2 content with a highly accurate dissolved O2 and TPO measurement.
HAFFMANS ANALOG CO2 METER - GMT
Fast and accurate determination of the CO2 content in beer and carbonated beverages based on Henry’s Law.
Haffmans Automatic Package Content Analysis System - Automator
Automatically measuring all relevant quality parameters directly in the filled package in a single measurement cycle.
Pentair Haffmans Automatic Inpack TPO/CO2 Meter c-TPO
The differentiated measurement of headspace O2 and DO provides immediate insight in the performance of the filling operation. Fully automated, multiple determinations of TPO and CO2.
Tester for routine controls of the air content of commercial CO2 gas and CO2 gas from fermentation based on CO2 absorption by caustic.
Haffmans Inpack CO2 Calculator - ICC
The user-friendly, battery powered inpack calculator allows fast and reproducible determination of the CO2 content based on Henry’s Law.
Haffmans Inpack Air Meter - IAM
Determining the air content in the headspace volume as well as the total air content in the beverage based on CO2 absorption by caustic.
Haffmans Gauge Calibration Device - GCD
A dedicated precision instrument for calibrating pressure gauges and digital pressure sensors. Universally applicable, it can be used for all kinds of pressure calibrations and is compliant with international standards.
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