PETpla.net Insider 03 / 2019

BOTTLE MAKING 17 PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 03/19 www.petpla.net Affordable meal in a handy bottle Complete nutrition on the go With a turnover of £ 14 million in 2017 and £ 40 million (~46m €) in 2018, Huel is one of the fast- est growing companies in the UK. Turning the nutrition game in less than four years, it offers customers nutritionally complete meals with a mission surrounding conveni- ence, affordability and lessening the impact on animals and the environ- ment. Adding to their product line of Huel Powder, Huel Bars and Huel Granola, the Huel Ready-to-drink was launched in December 2018, in a practical 500ml PET bottle developed by PET Engineering in collaboration with GEA Procomac. The packaging design meets the brand’s two main requirements: coherency with the existing product portfolio and functionality. The first requirement was met by creating a simple shape, by choosing white to colour the preform, which is also useful to protect the bottle’s contents, and by using a full-sleeve to give the brand great visibility, as is also the case for the cardboard packaging and single packs already on the market. With regard to functional- ity, the large 38mm mouthpiece allows the bottle to be quickly used on-the-go in a practical way, making it perfect if time is of the essence and when there is no access to a kitchen to prepare a healthy and well-balanced meal. A complete and affordable meal in a handy bottle, the Huel Ready-to-drink contains all 26 essential vitamins and miner- als, 20 g of protein, only 5 g of sugar and comes in two delicious flavours, Vanilla and Berry. Focus on the technology The bottle is produced on an aseptic line supplied by GEA, which includes a GEAABF 1.2 system. The GEA aseptic line – which obtained the FDA LONO certificate for producing and distributing in the USA ambient temperature shelf-stable low acid beverages – is based on an inte- grated aseptic blowing, filling and capping process and it is equipped with a 100% aseptic blower. The FDA clearance confirms that GEA’s ABF 1.2 technology ensures sterilisation efficiency and reliability during every step of sensitive beverage bottling. Thanks to the microbiological isolator extended also to the blower module, GEA ABF 1.2 aseptically blows preforms that have been previously sterilised with hydrogen peroxide vapour (VHP), treating simultaneously the inner and outer surfaces. The result is a single step preform sterilisation process that is claimed to grant a 100% process treatment monitoring and requires no rinsing water and significantly low chemical consumption. With ABF 1.2, which features continuous monitoring of each sterilisation pro- cess parameter as fully automated operation cycles, the risk of recon- tamination of any sensitive drinks during bottling is erased. www.petengineering.com BOTTLE MAKING 17 Visit us: www.bericap.com In addition to quality closures, BERICAP provides capping equipment and unique customer and technical service, globally. Experience from global business New product introduction Line / capping efficiency improvement Training for customers Troubleshooting on site (capper) Technical Service