Food and Beverages

Food

Our carbons are used in the purification and decolorization of different types of liquid phase batch processes. These high surface area, high pore volume, powdered wood-based carbons are used for a variety of food ingredients including sugars, edible oils, extracts, concentrates, wine, juice and candy. They are also used to treat MSG, essential and non-essential proteins, hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, enzymes, lactoses, pectins, gelatins, and vinegars. Our granular activated carbons are used in fixed bed continuous processes to purify the same types of food ingredients as powdered carbons.

These highly efficient carbons adsorb high molecular weight color bodies and impurities to a greater degree than carbons made from other raw materials due to their large volume of meso and macro pores. We offer a range of surface areas, pore size distributions, particle size distributions and pH to meet any food ingredient purification need. Product purity is increasingly important to producers of many liquid food ingredients treated with activated carbons. Our carbons are known worldwide for their consistent quality, meeting the food-grade qualifications of activated carbon.

Sweetners

Our carbons have been used in the purification and decolorization of different types of sweeteners. These sweeteners include corn syrups, high fructose corn syrup, dextrose, cane and beet sugars, artificial sweeteners, maltodextrin, molasses and others.

Powdered carbons are used in batch treatment processes to decolorize and purify sweeteners during their manufacturing process. The capital expense of fixed bed granular carbon vessels and piping systems can be avoided with batch mixing and filter press/leaf filters to remove the carbon. We offer a variety of powdered carbons for this application with a range of surface areas, pore size distributions, particle sizes and pH to meet any sweetener purification need.

Beverages

Our carbons are used in the purification and decolorization of different types of liquid phase batch processes for a variety of beverages including juices, concentrates, wine, beer, malternatives, and distilled spirits. These highly efficient carbons adsorb high molecular weight color bodies, off flavors and impurities to a greater degree than carbons made from other raw materials due to their large volume of meso and macro pores.

We offer a range of surface areas, pore size distributions, particle size distributions and pH to meet any beverage processing need. Product purity is increasingly important to end users of many beverages that are treated with activated carbons.

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