Thermal deactivation unit for plant-based base creation
Efficiently deactivate enzymes in plant-based beverages with precise thermal control, ensuring safety and enhanced flavor profiles for your product lineup.
Deactivates Enzymes and Inhibitors in Plant-based Beverages
The Tetra Pak® Thermal Deactivation Unit is designed for producers of plant-based beverages, offering precise enzyme and inhibitor deactivation through direct steam injection. Ideal for soy, oat, and rice drink manufacturing, it enhances product safety and flavor. Operating continuously at capacities of 4000 to 8000 L/h, this unit integrates seamlessly into high-speed production lines. Featuring automated controls via a 21.5” touch screen, it offers real-time monitoring and immediate fault alerts. The included flash cooling and smart balance tank configurations reduce product losses by over 50%, while enhancing energy efficiency. Constructed with customizable options to suit various production requirements, it supports seamless integration in processing departments, delivering both reliability and quality assurance.
Benefits
- Ensures product safety by effectively deactivating trypsin inhibitors and enzymes in plant-based beverages.
- Optimizes flavor profiles through controlled deodorization, enhancing consumer acceptance.
- Minimizes product waste with a unique low-loss balance tank design, significantly reducing mix-phase losses.
- Enhances operational efficiency with an intuitive touch screen interface and real-time monitoring.
- Seamless integration into existing high-speed production lines, supporting continuous operations.
- Applications
- Rice beverages,Oat beverages,Plant-based base creation,Soy beverages,Plant-based milk
- End products
- Plant-based protein shake,Oat milk,Oat latte,Soy milk,Rice milk,Soya drink,Rice beverage
- Steps before
- Extraction,Grinding,Purification
- Steps after
- Cooling,Packing,Deodorization
- Input ingredients
- soy,oat,rice,trypsin inhibitor
- Output ingredients
- safe to consume plant-based beverages,deodorized product,reduced trypsin inhibitor content
- Market info
- Tetra Pak is renowned for providing innovative packaging solutions, specializing in carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. It is esteemed for high-quality, sustainable, and efficient processing and packaging equipment on a global scale.
- Capacity
- 4000 to 8000 L/h
- Direct Steam Injection
- Yes
- Flash Cooling
- Yes
- Low-loss Balance Tank
- Yes
- Automation
- Integrated automation software with 21.5” touch screen interface
- Working mechanism
- Direct steam injection
- Integrated steps
- Deactivation and deodorization
- Batch vs. continuous operation
- Continuous
- Cleaning method
- CIP
- Automation level
- PLC with touch screen interface
- Density/particle size
- 0.5–2.5 g/cm³ / 50–1000 µm
- Foaming risk
- Medium
- Enzyme activity control
- Essential
- Plant-based product processing
- Soy,oat,rice
- Control panel type
- 21.5” touch screen interface
- Control panel type
- 21.5” touch screen interface
- Integration possibilities
- Integrated automation software