Beverage Archives - Admix

Are You Singin’ the “High-Pressure Homogenizer” Blues?

While HPHs are necessary at times, Admix has an alternative solution! Written by George Nikolopoulos, Regional Sales Manager Alternative equipment options are few when it comes to making emulsions with a small, uniformly-distributed droplet size for long-term stability. One option is a high-pressure homogenizer (HPH) with dual-staged homogenizing valves requiring HP intensifier pumps and HP cone-and-threaded

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“Clean label” is king!

Today’s health-conscious consumers are driving end products in a big way, and manufacturers are being held accountable to simplify their ingredient lists. As a result, granulated sucrose is making a comeback as it is all natural. Unfortunately the amount of sucrose required in many of today’s products, particularly beverage products, is often high. If your

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Putting the “fun” in functional beverages

From adding vitamins and minerals, proteins, raw fruits and vegetables, or herbs to our drinks, consumers want healthy options and the market for functional beverages continues to grow.  Unfortunately, some of these ingredients are difficult to effectively wet and disperse, and not very FUN to deal with. Guar gum, xanthan gum, locust bean gum, pectin,

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Trend watch: processing sucrose for clean label products

Having a “clean label” continues to capture the attention of health-conscious beverage consumers.  And as consumer demand goes, so goes the market – the trend is now the rule. As such, nutritive sweeteners in particular are a prevalent ingredient that remain in focus for processors. Our old “throwback” friend sucrose meets the clean label criteria

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Lower Your Particle Size with the Boston Shearmill

By Ruston Sullivan, Regional Sales Manager Recently, a plant-based food and beverage manufacturer came to Admix looking for a better way of reducing the particle size on their finished product as well as improving the overall mouthfeel. They complained that their existing milling equipment was too slow, very costly to maintain, and ultimately causing inconsistent

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Disperse protein, starch, vitamins, fiber, sweeteners, and gums instantly with no clumps or foam

Trying to disperse ingredients without all the annoying clumps or foam? The Admix Fastfeed powder induction system inducts, wets, and disperses stabilizers, milk and whey powders, vitamins, fiber, sweeteners, stabilizers, and gums instantly for a smooth finished product with no lumps or agglomerates. Whether you’re preparing cheese starter, yogurt, sour cream, buttermilk, chocolate milk, or ice

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Admix Introduces RotoMAXX II, the Largest All-Stainless Steel Mixer on the Market

The only sanitary mixer that accommodates volumes up to 60,000 gallons Admix announced the launch of RotoMAXX II, the only all stainless steel, low speed, large capacity sanitary mixer. The robust design features a right angle helical bevel gearbox that offers outstanding performance in the most demanding operating environments. “With the introduction of RotoMAXX II,

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Faster IS better.

We do lots of work in beverage facilities. Here’s an interesting story from this month’s featured customer, a manufacturer of fruit drinks from purees. Some of this customer’s purees required additional work in two large tanks with high shear top mounted mixers to obtain a smooth puree which would have no sedimentation over time. This

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What if you could eliminate multiple premix/side batches?

Induct all powders and liquids directly into the liquid stream while it is filling your blend tank. No more climbing up steps to “add water to premix tank-dump powder-mix-transfer-repeat” scenarios that cost time, entrain air, and often result in inconsistent batches. All ingredients are added exactly the same way every time, regardless of the differing

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And you can take that to the bank!

… and you can take that to the Bank! Disperse gums, stabilizers, calcium, sweeteners, proteins with 70% less horsepower, 90% less maintenance expense! The Admix Rotosolver high speed disperser delivers all of the above, produces smoother product, and meets 3-A Sanitary Standard #73-01. Retrofit the Rotosolver into your existing mix tank and you’ll be off

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