Industrial yeast propagation system
Optimize your beverage and food production with a seamless yeast propagation solution that ensures precise yeast handling and consistent quality throughout the fermentation process.

Propagates and Manages Yeast for Beverage and Food
The Yeast Plant from Bucher Unipektin offers a vital solution for beverage manufacturers and food producers requiring stringent control over yeast propagation. This system is engineered to operate under sterile conditions, ensuring the highest hygiene standards. The plant is designed for a flexible operation encompassing propagation, storage, pitching, homogenising, aeration, and the complete treatment process through autolysis and disposal. It excels in applications for producing baker’s yeast, brewer’s yeast, specialty ales, lagers, craft beers, and more.
Working on a continuous basis, the yeast plant integrates seamlessly into processing and final conditioning departments. It features various equipment groups, including specialized vessels for propagation, storage, and autolysis, all made to support efficient yeast management in liquid form. Each component is engineered for durability and compliance with high standards of cleanliness.
The system allows for tailored solutions with flexible design options to match specific operational requirements and is available with material selections optimizing corrosion resistance. Additionally, the integration of a full clean-in-place (CIP) mechanism facilitates easy maintenance, reducing downtime and risk of contamination. Bucher Unipektin provides customization and engineering support to ensure this yeast plant meets the precise needs of your production environment.
Benefits
- Ensures product purity with sterile operation and high hygiene standards.
- Increases production flexibility by accommodating various yeast strains and applications.
- Enhances production efficiency with integrated processes for complete yeast management.
- Minimizes contamination risk through comprehensive CIP system for easy maintenance.
- Customizable design allows seamless integration into existing production lines.
- Applications
- Brewing industry,Yeast propagation,Food production,Beverage production
- End products
- Lagers,Brewer's yeast,Wine yeasts,Specialty ales,Nutritional yeast,Baker's yeast,Craft beers,Distiller's yeasts
- Steps before
- Yeast propagation,Yeast harvesting
- Steps after
- Yeast storage,Yeast pitching,Yeast autolysis,Yeast disposal
- Input ingredients
- yeast strains,aeration
- Output ingredients
- vital yeast,yeast harvest,yeast pitching,yeast autolysis,yeast disposal
- Market info
- Bucher Unipektin is known for producing advanced equipment and systems for the food and beverage industry, specializing in juice processing and filtration technologies with a reputation for innovative solutions and reliable, high-quality products.
- Yeast propagation vessels
- 1 or more
- Operation conditions
- Sterile
- Design flexibility
- High
- Hygienic standard
- Highest
- Homogenising
- Gentle
- Aeration
- Optimised
- Yeast harvest
- Included
- Yeast treatment
- Included
- Yeast storage
- Included
- Yeast pitching
- Precise
- Yeast autolysis
- Included
- Yeast disposal
- Included
- Propagation method
- Batch / Inline
- Aeration optimization
- Yes
- Homogenizing method
- Gentle
- Pitching precision
- High Accuracy
- Hygienic standard
- Highest
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Vessel shape
- Cylindrical
- Vessel size
- Customizable
- Feed/discharge method
- Automatic
- Design flexibility
- High
- Hygienic standard
- Highest
- Control panel type
- Touchscreen / PLC
- Integration possibilities
- SCADA / HMI
- Vessel size
- Customizable
- Material options
- Stainless steel / Custom materials
- Heating/cooling options
- Available