Whether you are familiar with plant-based raw materials or not, you can rest assured that our fully integrated food solutions, and the help of our experts, make your plant-based beverage production highly efficient. Flexibility, reliability and consistent quality are as important for us as for you. Let’s capture those opportunities together!
Ingredients are key in many ways
Many consumers choose plant-based beverages because they want healthy products, while also acting on the belief that more of plants in their diet is good for the environment. From an operational perspective, we can support you in addressing these concerns during the earliest stages of production, that is – while accessing and blending raw materials.
"From our extensive global network, we find a supplier close to you so that you reduce the amount of transportation in your production."
And to produce a clean and natural beverage, we support you in identifying how to combine multiple ingredients to get the flavour and nutritional profile you want.
Continuous improvement and access to insights are crucial if you want to succeed in a fast-moving plant-based segment. Flexibility means that you can adapt your production quickly to consumer preferences. For example by being able to adjust production to beverages with different packaging volumes, batch sizes, and flavours. Also, equipment and solutions for higher flexibility help you get the most out of your plant. For dairy producers, it could mean converting one line to producing plant-based beverages.
When it comes to insights, automation and digital services create a deeper understanding of your production that can help you optimise the formula of your plant-based beverages. So, although finding the right formula and ingredients for your beverages occurs prior to plant operations, efficient operations are essential for maintenance and improvement.
At the heart of any productive plant is access to accurate information, effective allocation of resources, and flexibility. Our goal is that you should be able to achieve the highest possible amount of available production time, meaning minimising the time required for other tasks, such as maintenance and cleaning. That is also why we have gathered everything you need under one roof. With us, you get one single point of contact, avoiding multiple contractors, something we know can lead to unnecessary slow production.
The essence of a smart, efficient production varies depending on where you are on your plant-based beverage journey. Regardless, we make sure that you get the highest possible value from your investments. If you have a long-term plan for your plant-based beverage production, investing in a complete, integrated production line lowers your total cost of ownership. And for those exploring new ingredients and focusing on innovation, producing and distributing with our co-packers is a great way to enter the market. The bottom line: we find out what value means to you and provide the solutions for it.
We offer a variety of state-of-the-art technologies that support you in getting the most out of your plant-based beverage production. Our automated solutions let you stay in control of process stability and repeatability, which are cornerstones of producing safe plant-based beverages of high quality. Automation also gives you the ability to have full control over every start, stop, and transfer in your plant-based beverage production, which is the key to reducing costs.
Data gathered from your production plant is essential while making operations as efficient as possible. But how we see it – that is not the whole story. There are also valuable insights after your beverages leave for retailers. To let you follow through with this, we offer you equipment for full traceability within our automation platform Tetra Pak PlantMaster®. By doing so, you will learn about your plant-based beverages market performance and potential issues. Bring such valuable insights into the production to finetune your plant-based beverage concepts and optimise the value chain.
More efficient operations have numerous benefits
Streamlining your operations by focusing on the use of resources and reducing waste is an essential step towards more sustainable operations. Consumers know about this, and with increased possibilities of tracking products and material sources, the workings of your production are becoming more public. By starting with the effectiveness of your operations, you adopt a bottom-up approach to sustainability, conveying responsibility and determination. One concrete example is to synchronise your production flow with our automation solutions. By doing so, you avoid waste and time losses. That benefits the environment and business.
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Oat-based beverages - processing challenges and techniques
Oat is a very versatile raw material, with many formulation possibilities. This white paper will guide you through the main challenges: production formulation processing parameters and process design.
Heat treating plant-based sources
Plant-based raw materials like oats, almonds and soya beans require special heat processing due to their microbiological and chemical profiles. Learn about that and much more in our heat technology guide.
Best-practice lines for plant-based beverages
Best-practice line for oat beverages based on oat flakes or grains
For production of oat beverages from grains or flakes, this line includes wet-grinding and a highly controlled enzyme treatment and de-activation process to give the desired product flavour. Fibre separation, homogenization and a powerful high shear mixing optimize beverage properties; heat treatment ensures food safety.
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Best-practice line for oat beverages based on oat flour
For production of oat beverages from flour, this line begins with powerful high shear mixing. Next comes a highly controlled enzyme treatment and de-activation process to give the desired end product flavour. Fibre separation, homogenization and powerful high shear mixing optimize beverage properties; heat treatment ensures food safety.
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Best-practice line for oat beverages based on oat compound
For production of oat beverages from a compound, our powerful high shear mixer gives you full formulation control, allowing you to fine tune products to match consumers’ texture and taste preferences. Choose between two different heat treatment methods to ensure product safety.
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Best-practice line for traditional extracted soya beverages
Starting from whole or dehulled beans, this extraction line integrates grinding, fibre separation, and enzyme deactivation, ensuring a high protein yield and full control over product flavour – from beany to non-beany. After extraction, the base is homogenized for texture and heat treated for safety.
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Best-practice line for whole bean soya beverages
Achieve higher protein content, 100% bean yield, zero extraction loss in protein yield, the right taste and mouthfeel and lower TCO with this complete proven technical solution for whole soya beverages from the whole bean soya processing technology pioneer.
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Best-practice lines for nut beverages
Our high shear mixer gives you full control over emulsification, the main challenge of nut beverage production. Create a stable beverage and avoid ingredient separation. Since grinding is optional, the line is suitable for production from whole nuts or nut paste. Choose between two different heat treatment methods to ensure product safety.