How To Clean Juice & Fermentation / Alcoholic Beverage Handling Applications
Q: Is any information available on the use/suitability of your products in the cleaning from juice & fermentation/alcoholic beverage handling applications etc.? Also, would any of the named products above be effective and suitable for the removal of glycerol residues? A: We have several products focused towards Food and Beverage manufacturing used globally around the world. Our detergents are USDA authorized, USDA Organic food contact cleaning suitable, and we are proud to be ISO9001:2015 and ISO13485:2016 certified.
Cleaning Probiotics with Low Foaming Detergent
Q: We are a medium-sized production company, focused on probiotic manufacturing. We would like a low foaming detergent to clean our stainless steel production tanks and lines. The residue can be quite challenging.
A: Residue from probiotics, which are microorganisms, will be proteinaceous and organic in nature. These residues can be adherent and challenging to remove, especially when a low foaming detergent is required. Recall that low foaming surfactants tend to be less good at emulsifying, and a reliance on chemistry is required for the predominant cleaning mechanism.
Advanced Cleaning Mechanisms: Oxidation
Oxidation or bleaching is one of the many cleaning mechanisms that a detergent formulator can bring to bear by formulating with appropriate ingredients. In cleaning, oxidation, or bleaching, changes the structure of a residue to render it more easily removed. Oxidation is loss….
How to Clean Labware: Removing Algae
Q. We are a large energy company working with algae. It is proving tough to remove from glass and labware. We are using Liquinox detergent currently, which is good. Anything better? Eventually we would like to move to cleaning these in our washer.
A. Algae, and the viscous oils that you are working with, require not just powerful emulsifiers….
The Importance of Corrosion Testing in Critical Cleaning
Corrosion testing is important when using Solujet® Low-Foaming Phosphate-Free Liquid, or any Alconox Inc. cleaning solution, for critical cleaning. While the Solujet cleaner is known for its broad compatibility across many metals, glassware, and plastics, confirming compatibility in your specific conditions, setup, instruments, and application is good practice.