The implementation of the SurePure technology is currently used in fruit beverage alcohol brands of SAB, particularly brutal fruit and Sarita, Redds and SAB is looking at the potential of this new process of fermentation to replace or reduce the pasteurization and/or sterile filtration of beer itself.
Technology replaces the pasteurization process for solutions of dextrose sugar syrup used to make alcohol and replaces the need for heating and cooling and then down the solution, thereby significantly saving energy and water.
Steve Miller, marketing executive of SurePure, which holds the patent for photopurification, says that the technology has been approved and implemented by SAT for use at its own plants and is being watched Chamdor for installations outside of South Africa too.
The application has been developed specifically for South Africa and with SAT. SABMiller has the option to globalize technology, although Miller says she doesn't have the exclusive use of the technology.
UVC systems have been used for many years in breweries to purify the water. However, Miller says that this is the first known application of UV technology in the brewing process.
Other applications of Brewery include purification of process and rinse in water; the dilution water purification cold-processed; the replacement of sterile filtration of beer finished; and replacing or adding pasteurisation tunnel is flash and beer.
SurePure technology is radically different to the existing technology used by SAT and uses the first UV-C photopurification process of the world that can be used in turbid liquids.
"As one of the project team has delivered, this is the first time in the history of brewing that this technology has been applied to the fermentation process," said Miller. "Uses light instead of heat to purify the beer and other fermented products, including the finished product, something no other technology can accomplish."
The advantages of technology of SurePure over the existing technology, Miller explains that uses less energy and water; costs less to buy and maintain; It takes much less space floor traditional heat technology.
"Also offers an opportunity for interesting and new marketing activities, NPD claims for premium products with higher margins," he explains. "It saves money and resources and allows the Brewer to make innovative new products with more margin".
From a sustainability point of view, Miller says that SurePure has a smaller carbon footprint, and significantly lower energy consumption and water pasteurization.
The cost for the pass to the system SurePure breweries, Miller says that is a price competitive to equivalent pasteurisation. Utility savings ensures, however, that the cost of capital is to recover quickly.
"It can also be used in other parts of the fermentation process by allowing huge cost reductions of brewing vessels and tunnel pasteurisers, so it makes sense economically for the existing breweries," says Miller.
Miller points out that there is enormous scope for SurePure be used by Brewers at international level.
"This technology has relevance for every brewery in the world, from craft micro-Brewer to Brewer's global brand," he says. "Given that more global Brewers also have strong interests of carbonated soft drinks, where this technology is widely applicable, we have no doubt that global companies of brewing will find this interesting and exciting technology commercially. We are already talking to another conglomerate the world's largest beer. "
According to Miller, the main reason for the switch SAT SurePure technology was that they needed to save energy and water and need to use some of the equipment technology SurePure supplanted in other parts of their fermentation process.
"They chose SurePure because of its effectiveness, and why the UVC technology SurePure is the only one that can be applied to both the water turbid liquid," he adds.
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