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Sidel solutions for juice, tea, isotonics, coffee

Expert in plastic as well in glass and cans, Sidel is proud of its numerous customer references around the world, with a large installed base including bottling equipment for beverages and food. Juice, isotonic and ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage bottling technology was developed by Sidel in the 90s; since then Sidel has expanded its expertise in this field.




The sensitive product segment includes the following products: JNSD (juice, nectar, still drinks), teas and coffee drinks and isotonics. Dairy products, which are in fact very sensitive, do not belong to this group. We will treat them separately. Below, you will find excerpts from our marketing study providing key updated information regarding “sensitive product” market trends in consumption, packaging and products. For any package - plastic, glass, or cans – Sidel has a technical solution adapted to the specifications of JNSD and RTD products!


For an overview of Sidel solutions for JNSD and RTD, click on the equipment mentioned below to get more detailed technical information:


 

Plastic lines

 

 

Glass lines

 

 

Can lines

 

More about juice, isotonic, tea & coffee bottling solutions

Fruit juice, nectars, teas, coffee drinks, and isotonics all have specific behaviors and require adapted technical solutions. Since many of them are considered low acid products, they need special protection during processing, filling and capping. Isotonic drinks mainly contain a number of additives and are often slightly carbonated. Sidel offers various filling technologies adapted to individual product requirements.


Key criteria for bottling sensitive drinks:

  • Protecting the hygiene of the product

  • Preserving vitamins, flavor, color, taste



    For better hygiene and optimized filling conditions, the Combi machine is strongly recommended for sensitive products in plastic bottles. This machine combines blowing, filling and capping in one system, and offers the advantage of securing the key steps in the bottling process. An aseptic version of the Combi has all the advantages of a compact machine combined with aseptic filling conditions

Key figures

Total equipment in operation:

Complete lines: 100

PET bottle Heat Resistant (HR) blowers: 480 (80 % of worldwide HR market share)

First HR blower installed in 1986
Hot Fill filling machines: 245

First Hot Filler installed in 1979
Aseptic fillers: 30

First aseptic filler installed in 1999

Average JNSD & RTD line output: 20-22,000 bph