環境•品質の両面で画期的な緑茶飲料充填システム

摘要

伊藤園は東洋製罐と共同で、容器の軽量化による環境負荷低減、香り保持•品質向上を目的に、緑茶飲料に最適な充填システム「新·飲料充填方式(NSシステム)」を開発した。緑茶飲料には自然、健康、安全はもとより、風味の繊細さなどにも高い水準が要求される。NSシステムは持続可能な生産•消費という社会課題の解決に貢献する革新的な技術で、品質向上を図りつつ、省資源、二酸化炭素(CO_2)削減、水資源リサイクルの"一石四鳥"を実現したのが特徴である。%ITO EN developed NS system (Non-Sterilant beverage filling system) which is the most suitable for green tea beverage in collaboration with Toyo Seikan. The characteristic of the system is the on-site molding of the containers in the beverage filling process, which results in weight saving of the containers and the low-temperature treatment without sterilant The system achieves both of environmental load reduction by the weight saving of the container and quality improvement of beverage by the low-temperature treatment, leading to resource saving, carbon dioxide (CO_2) reduction, water recycling, and beverage quality improvement. It is like, so to say, "kill four birds with one stone". NS system is an innovative technology that contributes to solve the social issue of sustainable production and consumption.