The application of activated carbon in the beverage and brewing industries

Application area

Target substance

Activated carbon form

Key process parameters

Effectiveness index

Liquor and alcoholic beverage

Wine OTA removal

Ochratoxin A

Enoblack PF

20-100 g/hL, add directly

The OTA removal rate is over 90%

Removing turbidity from low-alcohol liquor

Ethyl ester of higher fatty acids

Coconut shell based GAD

Dynamic column, flow rate 1.5 BV/h

Turbidity ≤0.5 NTU at -15℃

Purification of beer dilution water

Residual chlorine, organic matter

Coal based Pellet

After sand filtration and adsorption, dissolved oxygen ≤0.01 mg/L

Zero new turbidity added

Removal of biological amines in yellow wine

Histamine, putrescine

Surface-modified carbon

pH 6.5, dosage of 0.2%

The total amount of biogenic amines decreased by 60%

Beverages and ferments

Apple juice decolorizes

Polyphenol oxidation polymer

Powdered fruit shell carbon

Add 0.1% and stir at 40℃ for 30 minutes

Light transmittance >95%

Purification of dodecarboxylic acid

Fermentation pigment

Mesoporous special carbon

Static adsorption, recovery rate optimization

The pigment adsorption rate is over 85%

Seafood enzymatic hydrolysate for deodorization

Aldehyde odor molecules

GAC PELLET

pH 3.0, 20℃, flow rate 2 BV/h

The deodorization rate is over 80%, and the amino acid loss is less than 20%

Functional syrup decolorization

5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)

Coconut shell based carbon fixed bed

69.5℃, flow rate 0.9 BV/h, pH 5.1

The removal rate of HMF was 87.05%