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Food & Beverages

The key objective of the food and beverage industry is product safety and consistent quality. Unwanted taste, odours, colours and impurities need to be removed effectively to meet these goals. At Western Adsorbents & Catalysts, we offer purification solutions to meet the growing demands of the food industry and promote healthier & safer products. We provide activated carbon and ion exchange resins that are food-grade with excellent adsorption characteristics, chemical stability and consistent performance, ensuring compliance with stringent food safety norms.

Our adsorption and purification solutions play a critical role in improving product quality, taste, colour, and process efficiency across beverage, sugar, edible oil, dairy, and food ingredient manufacturing.

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W.A.C. Product Portfolio for Food & Beverage Applications

Activated Carbon

As a leading one of the leading activated carbon manufacturers in world, our activated carbon is widely used in food & beverage processing for decolourization, deodorization and removal of organic impurities.

Our Activated Carbon Offering for Food & Beverage Applications

  • Granular activated carbon (GAC) (Tailored for specific food & beverage streams)
  • Powder activated carbon (PAC)

Ion Exchange Resins

Ion exchange resins play an important role in demineralization, softening and purification applications in the food & beverage industry.

Our Ion Exchange Resins Offering for Food & Beverage Applications

  • Our Ion Exchange Resins Offering for Food & Beverage Applications
  • Ready-to-use mixed supercharged resins

Food & Beverage Applications We Serve

Sugar & Sweetener Processing

Activated carbon and ion exchange resin are widely used in raw sugar refining and liquid sweetener purification.

Challenges We Solve:
  • Ash content and mineral impurities
  • Colour bodies in sugar syrups
  • Residual organics and unwanted flavour
Recommended Products:
  • GAC or PAC for decolourization of sugar syrups
  • Ion exchange resins for purification and deashing

Beverage Processing

The production of fruit juices, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, is often associated with undesirable contaminants that can alter purity, colour and taste. Hence, the beverage production process uses a purification or decolourization using activated carbon.

Challenges We Solve:
  • Remove unwanted byproducts, colour, moldy taste, sharpness & odour compounds
  • Mineral imbalance affecting taste & flavour
  • Organic contaminants in process water
Recommended Products:
  • Coconutshell-based GAC for odour & taste removal
  • Mixed-bed ion exchange resins for water mineralization

Edible Oil Refining

Edible oil derived from various raw materials like olives, groundnuts, cotton seeds, coconut, or sunflower has a certain amount of impurities like tannins & anthocyanins and organic toxins. Activated carbon removes polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), odour & colour and other impurities in refined edible oil.

Challenges We Solve:
  • Undesirable colour pigments
  • Odour-causing compounds
  • Trace organic impurities
Recommended Products:
  • Powder activated carbon (wood or coal-based)
  • Granular activated carbon (coconutshell-based or coal-based)

Process Water Treatment

In food and beverage industry, safety, hygiene and meeting the highest quality standards are significant. Water quality directly impacts product safety, taste and shelf-life. Activated carbon is used in the food & beverage industry for process water treatment.

Challenges We Solve:
  • Taste & odour issues
  • Dechlorination
  • Decolourization
  • Organic impurity removal
  • Removal of dissolved organic compounds
Recommended Products:
  • PAC with an average diameter of 0.15 to 0.25mm
  • GAC
  • Ion exchange resins for softening and demineralization
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Western Adsorbents

Why Choose Western Adsorbents & Catalysts for Food & Beverage Applications?

Western Adsorbents & Catalysts is a top ion exchange resin manufacturer in India, offering premium adsorbents for the food & beverage industry. We understand that food safety and product consistency are non-negotiable. Our activated carbon and ion exchange resins are manufactured with stringent quality control to support efficient, hygienic and compliant food & beverage processing. Our team of experts work closely alongside clients to recommend the right product, ensuring meeting quality standards are met, reduced processing costs and long-term operational reliability.

Frequently Asked Questions

Food-grade coconut shell GAC and PAC are suitable for colour, taste and odour removal.

Yes. Our activated carbon and ion exchange resins are food-grade, manufactured to meet food purity and safety requirements.

Yes. W.A.C. we offer fulfilment of orders, whether it is small-scale or bulk quantities.

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