Today’s global marketplace is filled with a diverse variety of beverage options. Dow Water & Process Solutions processing resins are used to remove harmful or undesirable compounds, adjust beverage color and control odor.
Beverage Applications
ALCOHOLUsing Dow ion exchange resins in the purification process removes acids, proteins, haze producing compounds, and other components that can, over time, degrade the alcohol beverage product. |
APPLE PROCESSINGApple and pear products offer a unique challenge as they contain a class of color bodies called polyphenolics, which are responsible for rapid browning. Ion exchange resins support food production processes that allow these foods to retain an appetizing color. |
BEERIon exchange resins can be used to stabilize beer, functioning as adsorbers that selectively remove haze-forming proteins and polyphenols and improve the clarity and shelf life of beer. |
CITRIC AND LACTIC ACIDCitric and lactic acid are large volume organics acids used primarily in the food and beverage industry as acidulent and preservative. Lactic and citric acid will physically break and shorten the useful life of most resins available, particularly those based on styrene-divinylbenzene. Dow has engineered specific resins to survive the severe osmotic forces created by the processing of organic acids. These resins also are economical to operate due to optimized capacity and minimal regeneration requirements. |
DAIRYDow Water & Process Solutions’ reverse osmosis elements and ion exchange resins are used to process a wide range of dairy streams, and are especially effective in dewatering application and product concentration. |
MUSTSurplus wine grapes can be processed via ion exchange resins to reduce the salt and organic acid fractions while purifying the glucose and fructose sugars for fermentation. |
WINEWine stabilization by an ion exchange treatment is suitable for producing bulk wines and used by many large wineries today. When properly applied, ion exchange stabilizes wine without degrading quality. |
POLYPHENOLS RECOVERYDow Water & Process Solutions’ technologies allow polyphenols to be extracted and purified, so that they may be added to functional foods such as vitamin waters, helping companies to capitalize upon emerging consumer trends in health. |
GRAPE PROCESSINGDW&PS’ resins allow recovery of purified extracts, including grape, tea and pomegranate. |
CITRUS PROCESSINGIon exchange resins are used to process juice and other beverages to improve food taste and odor, including removing bitterness from citrus juice. Dow Water & Process Solutions resins and components are used to make some of the most popular beverages in the world, including orange juice. |
GELATINGelatin cleaned with ion exchange resins is used in the food, pharmaceutical and photo industries. The ion exchangers extract disturbing mineral salts by means of gelatin's cleaning. This process results in a sensory product improvement or unwanted secondary reactions from forming. |
Literature & Manuals
Technical Documents
Food Processing and Contact (PDF)English (29KB)
Juice Enhancement by Ion Exchange and Adsorbent Technologies (PDF)
English (72KB)
Strategies in Selecting a Resin for a Juice, Beverage, or Food Application (PDF)
English (16KB)
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