Soft drinks production process flow chart

The major raw materials required for production of carbonated beverage are sugar, concentrates, carbon dioxide and water.


Sugar is delivered either in hopper cars with pneumatic discharge or in bags. For reasons of micro-biological stabilization, the sugar syrup is produced in a hot dissolving process. The sugar is admixed by

Citric acid production process

Citric acid can be extracted from the juice of citrus fruits, by fermentation of glucose with the aid of the mold Aspergillus niger and synthetically from acetone or glycerol. 

 

Today, essentially all of the commercial citric acid is produced by fermentation. Processes employed are surface or submerged fermentation by mold (Aspergillus niger) and submerged fermentation by yeast