HK40076116A - Plant for the production of aqueous foodstuff, use of a ft-nir- spectrometer in a plant for the production of aqueous foodstuff, mixing device for a plant for the production of aqueous foodstuff and method for the preparation of aqueous foodstuff - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a plant for the production of an aqueous foodstuff, in particular an energy drink or a soft drink, and to a component of such a plant; the invention also relates to a process for the continuous production of aqueous foodstuffs, in particular beverages; and finally, the invention relates to the use of an infrared spectrometer for the detection of one or more aqueous food ingredients in a plant for the production of a variety of aqueous food-filled containers or for the in-line monitoring of one or more aqueous food ingredients in a plant for the production of a variety of aqueous food-filled containers.

Drinks such as soft drinks and energy drinks have been bottled and ready for shipment in highspeed production facilities for some time. For example, today, several thousand bottles per hour can be easily filled. In the production of beverages, including, for example, the assembly and mixing of individual components, the processing of the starting or intermediate products, the filling of final products in suitable containers such as bottles or cans and the execution of a matching step, a variety of high quality and hygiene standards must be maintained. These results continue to place very high demands on the personnel, training and training, as well as on the control and maintenance of the supply chain.

The present invention was therefore intended to provide a plant for the production of an aqueous foodstuff, in particular a plant for the production of a large number of containers filled with an aqueous foodstuff, which is no longer affected by the disadvantages described above and which ensures, in particular, a rapid and reliable quality control in the production of beverages and/or a particularly continuous monitoring of parameters essential for the production of beverages.

Accordingly, a plant for the production of an aqueous food, in particular of beverages such as energy or soft drinks, or a component thereof, comprising at least one infrared spectrometer, in particular a Fourier transformation (FT) NIR spectrometer, has been established and designed for in-line detection of aqueous food ingredients in fluid systems.

In particular, a plant for the production of an aqueous foodstuff, in particular energy or soft drinks, or a component thereof, was also included. (b) at least one line for liquid media, in particular liquid media, consisting of or containing, in particular containing, at least one ingredient or a variety of ingredients, for aqueous food, to the mixing container; (c) a drain for a liquid medium, containing the aqueous food mixed in the mixing device, from the mixing container; (d) at least one infrared spectrometer, fitted and designed for inline detection of ingredients for aqueous food in at least one centimetre for fluids, in particular liquid media and/or water; (e) at least one line for inline detection of food ingredients, fitted and designed for inline detection of ingredients for at least one inline drain.

Furthermore, the invention provides that a plant for the production of an aqueous foodstuff, in particular of beverages such as energy or soft drinks, or a component thereof, is to be constructed in an appropriate embodiment, comprising: (b) at least one line for fluid media, in particular liquid media, consisting of or containing, in particular containing at least one ingredient or a variety of ingredients, for aqueous food, to the mixing container, Other and (e) at least one infrared spectrometer, equipped and designed for inline detection of aqueous food ingredients in at least one liquid media line and/or (g) at least one infrared spectrometer, equipped and designed for inline detection of aqueous food ingredients in at least one bypass line.

The apparatus of the invention incorporating an infrared spectrometer into a plant for the manufacture of an aqueous food, in particular a beverage, and in particular into a plant for the manufacture of a large number of containers filled with an aqueous food, enables the qualitative and quantitative in-line monitoring of one or more ingredients for aqueous food, surprisingly even over a very wide concentration range.

The infrared spectrometers used in the apparatus of the invention are preferably Fourier transformation (FT) NIR spectrometers, comprising in particular at least one infrared spectrometer, in particular FT-NIR spectrometers, and at least one light conductor and a measuring cell, in particular a transmission process probe, designed and equipped to come into contact with at least one fluid, in particular a liquid medium, consisting of or containing at least one ingredient, or with the aqueous foodstuff. In a practical design, at least one light conductor is placed in the measuring rod, in particular the transmission process probe, or in a knob. This measuring cell, in particular the transmission process probe, may be used for the quantitative analysis of the contents of the foodstuff, in particular the contents/containers of the transferred foodstuff, and may also be used in the process of transferring the contents/containers of the transferred foodstuff, in order to facilitate the exchange of information and to obtain a quantitative analysis of the contents/containers of the transferred foodstuff, in particular the contents/containers of the transferred foodstuff, and the contents of the transferred foodstuff.

at least one infrared spectrometer, in particular an FT-NIR spectrometer, shall include, in particular, a data processing device designed and equipped to store and evaluate the infrared spectroscopic data of the relevant ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, fluids, in particular liquids, media or aqueous foodstuffs, in particular to compare them with reference data stored in the data processing device for the respective ingredient (s), which may be evaluated both qualitatively and quantitatively. At least one infrared spectrometer, in particular an FT-NIR spectrometer, shall be designed and equipped to simultaneously measure the content of two or more ingredients, in particular of a particular beverage ingredient, in particular of a particular liquid or foodstuff.

A further advantage of the apparatus or component of the apparatus is that, by incorporating the infrared spectrometer, in particular the FT-NIR spectrometer, at least one ingredient for aqueous foodstuffs, in particular the large number of ingredients, can be detected quasi-continuously, preferably at recurrent measuring intervals of 5 to 90 seconds and preferably at intervals of 10 to 20 seconds. The very short measuring intervals allow the manufacturing process to be monitored essentially seamlessly. The apparatus of the invention enables the infrared spectrometer to measure data for a medium time period of the respective ingredients, in particular of fuel, liquids or foodstuffs, in particular of the fluid or water, by means of a data processing apparatus.In particular, the infrared spectroscopic data obtained and assigned at a measuring point for the respective ingredients may be assigned to a single compound or to a multiple compound in the water-filled food, in particular the water-filled beverage mixture, contained in the packaging, or to a number of compounds in the water-filled food, in particular the water-filled beverage, contained in the packaging, in particular the water-filled compound, contained in the packaging, and to a number of compounds in the packaging, in particular the water-filled compound, contained in the packaging, which are still in use in the processing plant. This can be done by means of a compound code based on the product, which can be used to determine the quantities of the compound or compound used in the packaging, in particular the water-filled compound or compound, still in use in the plant.a subsequent confirmation of production in accordance with the specification.

In one possible embodiment, it may include at least an infrared spectrometer (component h) equipped and designed for in-line detection of aqueous food ingredients in the mixing device itself.

The apparatus of the invention, in particular as an apparatus for the manufacture of beverages, shall also include, in an appropriate design, a filling device (component i) connected or connectable to the mixing device by drainage, designed and fitted to fill the aqueous foodstuff, in particular the aqueous beverage mixer, obtained or available with the mixing device, in a variety of containers, preferably beverage containers, in particular beverage canister containers, each containing a container bottom, a container wall and a filling opening.

In another suitable design, the apparatus of the invention is equipped with the bypass line (component d) which extends from the drain adjacent to the mixing device and the downstream supply line adjacent to the filling device into the drain, and in a suitable embodiment this bypass line may contain, be fitted with and be designed for inline detection of ingredients for aqueous foodstuffs, at least one infrared spectrometer (component g).

The apparatus or component of the apparatus according to the invention shall be fitted in an appropriate embodiment with a drainage and bypass pipe, starting from the drainage, in particular adjacent to the mixing device, and terminating in the drainage downstream, in particular adjacent to the filling device, and at least one measuring cell, coming into contact with the aqueous food between the outlet and the mouth of the bypass pipe in the drainage or in the bypass pipe, in particular the drainage.

In another appropriate design, the apparatus of the invention is also equipped with at least one closing device (component j) designed and fitted to close, in particular tightly, the container body filled with the filling device, preferably the container body for beverages, preferably the container body for beverage cans, with a closing device, in particular a lid.

The present invention is therefore also intended to cover a device suitable as part of a plant for the manufacture of an aqueous food, in particular a plant for the manufacture of a variety of containers filled with an aqueous food, consisting of or including at least one mixing device with a mixing container, at least one liquid media line containing at least one ingredient, in particular a variety of ingredients, for aqueous food, to which the mixing container is attached, a drain for a liquid medium containing the liquid food mixed in the mixing device, the mixometer container, and at least one infrared spectrometer, preferably an FT-NIR line, which is fitted and inspected in addition to the feed material, or at least one other liquid medium line, which may be fitted and inspected in addition to the FT-NIR line, and in particular at least one FT-NIR line, which is fitted and inspected in addition to the feed material, and at least one other such line, and which may be fitted with an infrared spectrometer.

The device in accordance with the invention, in particular as a device for the manufacture of beverages, is also characterised by the fact that, in its appropriate design, the mixing device is designed and equipped to mix ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, with a mixture of foodstuffs, in particular, a water-based mixture, in particular, a water-based mixture, containing the mixture, and a first addition to that mixture for a water-based mixture, in particular, a water-based mixture, and a second addition to that mixture for at least one first ingredient, in particular, a beverage ingredient, or a first mixture of ingredients, in particular, a beverage ingredient mixture, and, where appropriate, a second addition to that mixture, including at least one ingredient, or a second addition to that mixture, in particular, a mixture, in particular, a beverage ingredient, or a mixture, in particular, a mixture, in particular, and, where appropriate, at least one third addition to that mixture.

The purpose of the invention is therefore further solved by a mixing device for a plant for the production of an aqueous food, in particular energy or soft drinks, comprising at least one mixing container; at least one channel for liquid media containing at least one ingredient, in particular a variety of ingredients, for aqueous food, to the mixing container; a drain for a liquid medium containing the remaining aqueous food mixed in the mixing container from the mixing container; and at least one infrared spectrometer, set up and designed for inline detection of ingredients in at least one inline for liquid food/a variety of ingredients, in particular at least one inline for food and at least one inline for inline detection of the contents of food and at least one inline for inline detection of the contents of food.

The device in question is preferably a high-speed manufacturing device or a component thereof.

In a further preferred embodiment, the system of the invention also includes at least one mixing device designed and equipped to mix ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, with an aqueous food concentrate, in particular a beverage mixing concentrate, containing a mixing tank and a pipeline to that mixing tank for an aqueous system, in particular water, and a pipeline to that mixing tank for at least one first ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, or a first mixture of ingredients, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, and, where appropriate, a third pipeline to that mixing tank for at least a second ingredient, in particular a second ingredient, or a second ingredient, in particular an ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, or a mixture of ingredients, in particular, and, where appropriate, at least one third of the ingredients, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular, in particular,in particular a mix of beverage ingredients, and, where appropriate, a line to that mixing container for at least one fourth ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, or a fourth ingredient mix, in particular a beverage ingredient mix, and at least one transfer line for a liquid medium containing or consisting of the aqueous food concentrate, in particular the beverage mixer concentrate, mixed in the mixing device and, where appropriate, at least one bypass line, starting from the transfer line, in particular the one adjacent to the mixing device, and ending in the mixing device.Preferably, an infrared spectrometer, in particular a FT-NIR spectrometer, is fitted and designed to detect inline aqueous food ingredients in the transfer line, accordingly the aqueous system can be located in the mixer and/or transfer line from the mixer and/or in the bypass line of the mixer and/or the first and/or second ingredient, in particular the drug ingredient, or the first and/or second mixture, in particular the fuel ingredient mixture, in which each reservoir is connected to the mixer and, where appropriate, to the third and/or fourth ingredients, in particular the fuel ingredient, or the ingredient/s, and/or the mixture, in particular the fuel ingredient, with a suitable conduit and/or conduit, in the transfer line, to the mixer and/or the mixer.The Commission has already taken a number of steps to ensure that the information provided by the Member States is accurate and that the information provided is not misleading.

The purpose of the invention is therefore further fulfilled by a mixing device designed and equipped to mix ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, to obtain an aqueous food concentrate, in particular a beverage mixing concentrate, containing a mixing container and a line to that first mixing container for an aqueous system, in particular water, and a line to that first mixing container for at least one first ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, or a first mixture of ingredients, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, and, where appropriate, a cell to that mixing container for at least one second ingredient, in particular a second beverage ingredient, or a second mixing ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, and, where appropriate, at least one third ingredient, in particular, for that mixing container.or a third ingredient mixture, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, and, where applicable, a line to that mixer for at least one fourth ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, or a fourth ingredient mixture, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, and at least one outlet for a liquid medium containing the aqueous food concentrate mixed in the mixing device, in particular the beverage chemical concentrate, and, where applicable, at least one bypass line, starting from the first outlet, in particular adjacent to the mixing device, and ending in the mixing device, and at least one infrared spectrometer, fitted and designed for inline detection of food ingredients in the mixing device and/or at least one inline bypass line, designed and installed for inline detection of food ingredients in the mixing device and designed for inline detection of inline bypasses in the first inline bypass.

In a particularly appropriate development of the apparatus or component of the apparatus in accordance with the invention, a mass spectrometer, preferably a qTOF mass spectrometer and preferably an ESI qTOF mass spectrometer, incorporated with a sample line to that mass spectrometer, shall be fitted and designed to detect ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, in or in the preliminary stages of aqueous foodstuffs. In particular, samples may be taken at the points of origin and subsequently analysed, as is the case for the previously described mass spectrometric infrared spectrometers.

The purpose of the invention is also to solve the problem by means of a process for the continuous production of aqueous foodstuffs, particularly beverages, which includes: the supply of a plant, in particular a high-speed production plant, in accordance with one or more of the previous claims,the supply of a closed container, preferably a beverage container, in particular a beverage container containing a closed bottom, a closed wall and a filling,the supply of a closed closure, in particular a beverage container lid,the supply of a water closure system, in particular a carbonated one,the supply of a mixture of at least one, in particular, a variety of ingredients, in particular, beverage containers, and, where appropriate, the supply of at least one, in particular, carbonated, closed container, in particular, a mixture of concentrated food, in particular, a food-based food, or, in the case of a food-based food, a mixture of at least one, in particular, a number of water-based ingredients, in particular, a concentration of carbonated food, in particular, in the direction of the food or, where appropriate, a concentration of water, in particular, in the direction of the water-based food, and, in particular, the amount of water contained in the food, in particular, in the concentration of water, in particular, in the direction of the water-based food, in particular, the concentration of carbonated food, in the direction of the food or in the water-based food, and, in particular, the amount of water-based food, in particular, in the water-based food, in the direction of the food, in particular, in the water-based food, in the direction of the food, in the water-based food, in the water-based food, in the water-based food, in the direction of the water-based food, in the water-based food, in the water-based food, in the water-based food, in the water-based food, in-based food, in-water, in-water-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water, in-water,

The method of the invention shall also include: the in-line, in particular quantitative, detection of at least one constituent in a liquid medium transported in at least one line by at least one infrared spectrometer assigned to that line and/or the in-line, in particular quantitative, detection of at least one constituent in the liquid media discharge by at least one infrared spectrometer assigned to that discharge and/or the in-line, in particular quantitative, detection of at least one constituent of the aqueous food in the mixing device by at least one infrared spectrometer assigned to that mixing device.

Preferably, in-line detection of at least one ingredient using infrared spectrometry, in particular FT-NIR spectrometry, in the liquid media extraction, enabling the quality of the aqueous food to be monitored before packaging, and in-line detection can be used for both qualitative and in particular quantitative analysis of the ingredient (s).

The inline, in particular quantitative, detection of at least one ingredient by means of infrared spectrometry, in particular FT-NIR spectrometry, in which at least one line to the mixing vessel is provided, preferably for infrared spectroscopic monitoring of the discharge, when the mixing device is integrated into the device or equipment in accordance with the invention. This ensures reliable control of the quality of the concentrate resulting from the mixing operation, in particular by comparison with the infrared spectroscopic media, and in particular by means of the preservation of the mixture for the concentrate produced. In this case, the infrared spectroscopic data can be obtained in a precise way for the content of a food or drink, in particular by means of a quantitative analysis, in particular by means of a data transfer system, in particular by means of a multi-channel data transfer, in particular by means of a multi-channel data transfer, in particular by means of a multi-channel data transfer, in which the information can be obtained on the quantity of the substance or substance in the mixture, in particular on the substance or substances in the mixture, or in particular on the quantity of the substance or substances in the mixture, in question, or in particular on the quantity of the substance or substances in the mixture, in question, in particular on the substance or in question, in the substance or in question.

The double infrared spectroscopy test described above, once immediately after leaving the mixing container and again immediately after the aqueous concentrate enters the mixing container, allows the aqueous concentrate contained in the mixing device to be stored before it is fed to the mixing device, which in turn allows a material buffer to be set within certain limits, thus maintaining a continuous production process that includes the production of the aqueous food and its filling in containers, essentially without complications.

The method of the invention analyses and quantifies, in particular, the aqueous food, in particular the beverage, in the blender and/or the distillation with the infrared spectrometer assigned to the blender and/or the distillation, preferably for the content of sugars, in particular sucrose, glucose and/or fructose, citric acid, caffeine, taurine and/or artificial sweeteners, in particular acesulfame K and/or aspartame.

The infrared spectroscopic data, in particular quantitative data, of the respective ingredients, in particular of the beverage, liquid media or aqueous food, obtained by the method of the invention are conveniently stored in a data processing device, where it has proved very practical to assign this infrared spectroscopic data of the respective ingredients, in particular of the beverage, liquid media or aqueous food, to the respective measurement point time in the data processing device.

By knowing which ingredients are used for an aqueous food, the infrared spectroscopic data obtained for a measurement time of the respective ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, liquid media or aqueous food, can be compared with target ranges stored in the data processing unit.

The method of the invention, which allows for continuous or quasi-continuous control of the content of ingredients, also allows regular intervention during the manufacturing process, in particular by preventing the access of the aqueous foodstuff, in particular the beverage mixer, to the filling device by means of a diversion valve in the discharge, in particular by automatically activating one, as soon as the infrared spectroscopically determined, in particular quantitative, data for at least one ingredient, in particular the non-beverage ingredient, in the aqueous foodstuff is outside its intended storage range, so that the aqueous foodstuff does not enter the intended storage location.

A preferred embodiment of the process of the invention may also provide, in order to obtain an optimized process management, that: Other where the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, of the liquid medium transported in at least one line are below the stored target range, the concentration of the ingredient (s) in the liquid medium transported in at least one line shall be increased until the infrared spectroscopic data are within the stored target range, or where the upper infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, of at least one fluid transport medium transported in the fluid medium are below the concentration limits, or where the infrared spectroscopic data are at least within the concentration limits, the concentration values shall be increased until the fluid transport medium transported in at least one of the fluid transport media transported in the fluid medium transported in the spectroscopic, in particular, data shall be stored in at least one of the stored target ranges.

Alternatively and in particular in addition, it may be provided that, if the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, of the aqueous food in the blender are below the stored should range, the concentration of the ingredient (s) in the aqueous food in the blender shall be increased until the infrared spectroscopic data are within the should range or that, if the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, in the preparation food are below the stored should range or that, if the infrared spectroscopic data are within the present should range, the concentration of the food should be increased until the storage food is in the preparation food is below the concentration values.

the device or component of device and process of the invention can be detected by the incorporation of at least one infrared spectrometer, in particular an FT-NIR infrared spectrometer, into a plant for the manufacture of a variety of foodstuffs, in particular beverages, filled with an aqueous foodstuff, in particular a beverage, in particular a beverage container, in particular quantitatively, even when used simultaneously with several ingredients, and also by the incorporation of an in-line monitoring system, in particular a quantitative monitoring system, of one or more ingredients for aqueous foodstuffs, in particular beverages, in a plant for the manufacture of a variety of foodstuffs, in particular beverages, filled with an aqueous foodstuff, in particular a beverage container, in particular, in a process known as off-line monitoring, which can be used to increase the quality of the foodstuff, in particular the quantity of the water, and in particular the number of components, in a water-filled container, by means of an in-line monitoring system, in particular a measuring system that can be used to measure the quantity of relevant foodstuffs, in a particular a beverage, in a water-filled container, in a process known as off-line monitoring, in particular by means of an in-line monitoring, which the quality of the foodstuff, in particular the amount of the water, in a beverage, in a particular, can be measured at a rate of one or more than the quantity of water, and the quantity of the water, in a given quantity, in a given quantity, can be found in a water, in a particular, in a water-filled beverage, in a water-filled beverage, in a particular, in a water-filled beverage, in a water-filled beverage, in a particular, in a particular, in a particular, in-filled beverage, in a particular, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled, in-filled

The features of the invention disclosed in the foregoing description and claims may, either individually or in any combination, be essential to the realization of the invention in its various embodiments.

Claims (25)

1. Plant for the manufacture of a water-based foodstuff, in particular of beverages such as energy or soft drinks, or of a component thereof, including (b) at least one line for fluid media, in particular liquid media, consisting of or containing, in particular containing, at least one ingredient or a variety of ingredients, for aqueous foodstuffs, to which the mixing container is connected, (c) a drain for a liquid medium containing the aqueous foodstuffs mixed in the mixing container, from which the mixing container is drained and (d) where appropriate, a bypass line, starting from the drain, in particular the line adjacent to the mixing device, and terminating in the drain, in particular the drain adjacent to the filling device, and at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of foodstuffs, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of foodstuffs, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of foodstuffs, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of foodstuffs, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of foodstuffs, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of foodstuffs, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at the detection of foodstuffs, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at least one line for the detection of fluid substances, at the detection of fluid substances, at least one line of fluid substances, at the in the distance from the in the in the inlet, at least one line of the in the inlet, at least one line for the in the inlet, and at least one line for the in the inlet, and at least one line for the in the inlet, and at least one line for
2. Appliance or component thereof, as claimed by 1, and including Other (h) at least one infrared spectrometer fitted and designed for in-line detection of aqueous food ingredients in the blender.
3. Appliance or component thereof, as claimed by claim 1 or 2, and including Other (i) a filling device designed and equipped to fill the aqueous foodstuff, in particular the aqueous beverage mixture, obtained or available with the mixer in a variety of container-based containers, preferably beverage container-based containers, in particular beverage can-based containers, each containing a container bottom, a container wall and a filling opening, by means of a drainage connection or connector.
4. The installation or component thereof, after one of the previous claims, Other characterised by: Other at least one infrared spectrometer is an FT-NIR spectrometer.
5. The installation or component thereof, after one of the previous claims, Other characterised by: Other which comprises at least one infrared spectrometer, at least one light conductor and a measuring cell, in particular a transmission process probe, and is designed and equipped to come into contact with at least one fluid, in particular a liquid, medium consisting of or containing at least one ingredient, or with the aqueous food.
6. An installation or component thereof according to one of the claims 5, characterised by the drain and bypass line, which originates from the drain, in particular adjacent to the mixing device, and which enters the drain downstream, in particular adjacent to the filling device, and a measuring cell, which comes into contact with the aqueous food between the outlet and the mouth of the bypass line in the drain.
7. The installation or component thereof, after one of the previous claims, Other characterised by: Other which includes at least one infrared spectrometer and a data processing device, shall be equipped and designed to store and evaluate, in particular qualitatively and/or quantitatively, the infrared spectroscopic data of the relevant ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, fluids, in particular liquids, media or aqueous foodstuffs, and in particular to compare them with the reference data for the relevant ingredient (s) stored in the data processing device.
8. The installation or component thereof, after one of the previous claims, Other characterised by at least one infrared spectrometer designed and equipped to detect simultaneously the content of two or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients; and/or Other at least one infrared spectrometer designed and equipped to detect quantitatively at least one ingredient in the liquid, in particular liquid medium or aqueous food.
9. The installation or component thereof, after one of the previous claims, Other characterised by: Other at least one infrared spectrometer designed and equipped to detect at least one aqueous food ingredient in a quasi-continuous manner, preferably at recurrent measurement intervals in the range of 5 to 90 seconds and preferably in the range of 10 to 20 seconds.
10. Appliance or component thereof, as described in any of the claims 3 to 9, whether or not complete Other (j) at least one closing device designed and fitted to close, in particular tightly, the container body filled with the filling device, preferably the container body for beverages, in particular the container body for filled beverage cans, with a closing device, in particular a lid.
11. Plant according to one of the above claims, characterised by being a plant for the manufacture, in particular high-speed manufacture, of a variety of packaging, in particular packaging of beverages, filled with an aqueous foodstuff, in particular beverages, or a component thereof.
12. Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product Other at least one mixing device designed and equipped to mix ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, with an aqueous food concentrate, in particular a beverage mixing concentrate, Other a mixing container and Other a guide to this mixing tank for a water system, in particular water; and Other a guide to that mixing container for at least one primary ingredient, in particular a beverage main ingredient, or a primary ingredient mixture, in particular a beverage main ingredient mixture; and Other where applicable, a route to that mixer for at least one second ingredient, in particular the second beverage ingredient, or a second mixture of ingredients, in particular the beverage ingredient mixture, and, where applicable, a route to that mixer for at least one third ingredient, in particular the beverage ingredient, or a third mixture of ingredients, in particular the beverage ingredient mixture, and, where applicable, a route to that mixer for at least one fourth ingredient, in particular the beverage ingredient, or a fourth ingredient, in particular the beverage ingredient mixture, and a transfer route for at least one liquid medium, coming from or existing in the mixture, in particular the food or beverage ingredient mixture, in particular the concentrated food or beverage, and, where applicable, a route to that mixture, in particular the bypass route, and, where applicable, the transfer route, and, where applicable, the route to the mixture, in particular the bypass route, and the route of transport, Other at least one infrared spectrometer, equipped and designed for inline detection of aqueous food ingredients in the transfer line; and/or Other at least one infrared spectrometer equipped and designed for inline detection of aqueous food ingredients in the bypass pipe.
13. Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product Other a mass spectrometer, preferably a qTOF mass spectrometer and in particular a ESI qTOF mass spectrometer, comprising a sample line, designed and equipped for the detection of ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, in or in precursors to aqueous foodstuffs.
14. processes for the production, in particular continuous production, of aqueous foodstuffs, in particular beverages, including: Other the making available of a plant, in particular a high-speed production plant, pursuant to one or more of the previous claims; Other the provision of binding base bodies, preferably beverage-binding base bodies, in particular beverage can base bodies, containing a binding floor, a binding wall and a filling, the provision of a binding closure, in particular a beverage can lid, Other the making available of an aqueous system, in particular a carbonated system, the making available of at least one, in particular a large number of ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, and, where appropriate, the making available of at least one, in particular a carbonated aqueous sweetener concentrate, Other mixing the aqueous system with at least one or a variety of ingredients and, where appropriate, the aqueous sweetener concentrate in the blender, while maintaining an aqueous food,in particular an aqueous beverage mixture, Other the filling of the aqueous food, in particular the carbonated food, in the large number of solids; and Other the closure of the water-filled food-binding solids with a closure by means of the closure device, Other Other comprehensive Other the in-line detection, in particular quantitative, of at least one constituent in a fluid, in particular a liquid, transported in at least one line by at least one infrared spectrometer assigned to that line; and/or Other the inline detection, in particular quantitative, of at least one constituent in the liquid media effluent by at least one infrared spectrometer associated with that effluent; and/or Other the in-line detection, in particular quantitative, of at least one constituent of the aqueous food in the blender by at least one infrared spectrometer associated with that blender.
15. The method described in claim 14 is characterised by the analysis of the aqueous food, in particular the beverage, in the blender and/or the drain by the infrared spectrometer associated with the blender or drain for the content of sugars, in particular sucrose, glucose and/or fructose, citric acid, caffeine, taurine and/or artificial sweeteners, in particular acesulfame K and/or aspartame, and/or that Other the water system in the mixing tank and/or in the transfer line from the mixing tank and/or in the bypass line of the mixing tank and/or the first and/or second ingredient, in particular the beverage ingredient, or the first and/or second ingredient mixture, in particular the beverage ingredient mixture, in the respective line to the mixing tank and, where applicable, the third and/or fourth ingredient, in particular the grain ingredient, or the third and/or fourth ingredient or mixture, in particular the beverage ingredient mixture, in which the respective line to the mixture is analysed with the mixture, in particular the transfer line, the transfer line, the tube or the tube, respectively, assigned to one or more of the ingredients, in particular the beverage ingredient.
16. a process according to claim 14 or 15 characterised by the storage of infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data on the relevant ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, fluids, in particular liquids, media or aqueous food in a data processing device; and Other the infrared spectroscopic data of the relevant ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, fluids, in particular liquids, media or aqueous food in the data processing device are associated with the measurement time.
17. The method described in claim 16 is characterised by the infrared spectroscopic determination and timing of the data of the respective ingredients to one of the water-filled food, in particular the water-filled beverage mixture, or to a number of water-filled food, in particular the water-filled beverage mixture, in the bottle.
18. The method described in claim 14 or 17 is characterised by the comparison of infrared spectroscopic data obtained for a measurement time of the respective ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, fluids, in particular liquids, media or aqueous food in the data processing unit with stored target ranges.
19. The method described in claim 18 is characterised by preventing the access of the aqueous food, in particular the beverage mixture, to the filling device by means of a diversion valve in the drain, in particular by automatic activation of one, once the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for at least one ingredient, in particular the beverage ingredient, of the aqueous food is outside its stored range of concentration, so that the aqueous food does not enter the filling device.
20. The method described in claim 18 is characterised by a diversion valve in the drain being closed or becoming closed as long as and as soon as the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for all ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, of the aqueous food are within their respective stored target ranges, and/or Other if the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, of the fluid, in particular liquid, medium transported in at least one line, are below the stored target range, the concentration of the ingredient (s) in the fluid, in particular liquid, medium transported in at least one line shall be increased until the infrared spectroscopic data are within the stored target range, and/or Other where the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, data for one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, of the fluid, in particular liquid, medium transported in at least one line are above the stored target range, the concentration of the ingredient (s) in the fluid, in particular liquid, medium transported in at least one line shall be reduced until the infrared spectroscopic data are within the stored target range.
21. a process according to one of the claims 14 to 20 characterised by the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, determination of one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, in a batch of aqueous food concentrate, in particular a mixing centre, taken from the mixing vessel via the transfer line, against the infrared spectroscopic, in particular quantitative, determination of one or more ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, in that batch before or at the time of entry into the mixing vessel of the mixing device via the additive.
22. Use of an infrared spectrometer, in particular an FT-NIR infrared spectrometer, equipped with the characteristics specified in claims 1 to 13 and/or 14 to 21, for the detection, in particular quantitative, of one or more ingredients in aqueous food, in particular beverages, in a plant for the manufacture of a variety of foodstuffs, in particular beverages, contained in an aqueous food, in particular beverage containers, or for the in-line monitoring, in particular quantitative, of one or more ingredients in aqueous food, in particular beverages, contained in a plant for the manufacture of a variety of foodstuffs, in particular beverages, contained in an aqueous food, in particular beverage contained in a beverage container.
23. Use according to claim 22 characterised by the fact that the plant for the production of a large number of food-filled containers, in particular beverage containers, is a high-speed production plant.
24. a mixing device for a plant for the production of an aqueous foodstuff, in particular beverages such as energy or soft drinks, comprising at least one mixing container, Other at least one route for fluids, in particular liquid media, containing at least one ingredient, in particular a variety of ingredients, for aqueous foodstuffs, to the mixing container, Other a drainage for a liquid medium containing the aqueous food mixed in the mixing container, from the mixing container Other and Other where appropriate, a bypass line, starting from the drain, in particular adjacent to the mixing device, and flowing downstream into the drain, in particular adjacent to the filling device; Other and Other at least one infrared spectrometer designed and equipped for in-line detection of aqueous food ingredients in at least one channel for fluids, in particular liquid media, and/or at least one infrared spectrometer designed and equipped for in-line detection of aqueous food ingredients in at least one channel; and/or Other at least one infrared spectrometer equipped and designed for inline detection of aqueous food ingredients in the bypass pipe.
25. Mixing appliances designed and equipped to mix ingredients, in particular beverage ingredients, containing an aqueous food concentrate, in particular a beverage mixing concentrate Other a mixing tank and Other a route to this first mixing tank for a water system, in particular water; and Other a route to that first blender for at least one first ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, or a first blend of ingredients, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, and, where appropriate, a route to that first blender for at least one second ingredient, in particular a second beverage ingredient, or a second blend of ingredients, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, and, where appropriate, a route to that first blender for at least one third ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, or a third blend of ingredients, in particular a beverage ingredient mixture, and, where appropriate, a route to that first blender for at least one fourth ingredient, in particular a beverage ingredient, or a fourth blend of ingredients, in particular a beverage ingredient, in particular a liquid, in particular a food ingredient, in particular a liquid, in particular a concentrated solution, and a liquid, in particular a concentrated solution, in the feed, in the media and in the water, Other where applicable, at least one bypass line, starting from the first drain, in particular adjacent to the mixing device, and terminating in the mixing device; and Other at least one infrared spectrometer equipped and designed for inline detection of aqueous food ingredients in the effluent and/or at least one infrared spectrometer equipped and designed for inline detection of aqueous food ingredients in the first bypass line.