System for forming and filling containers with carbonated products at ambient temperature

A system for simultaneously forming and filling a container from a thermoplastic polymer preform using a carbonated liquid beverage as the forming medium, the carbonated liquid beverage of a resultant filled and sealed container having a defined partial pressure of dissolved carbon dioxide, the system comprising:

• a mold configured to encloses the thermoplastic polymer perform;
• a stretching member configured to stretch the thermoplastic polymer preform within the mold;
• an injection head configured to inject the carbonated liquid into the preform;
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• a pressurization system, the pressurization system being configured to, with the carbonated liquid beverage at room temperature (68° F. to 77° F.), increase pressure of the carbonated liquid beverage to a pre-load pressure that is greater than the defined partial pressure of dissolved carbon dioxide in the resultant filled and sealed container at room temperature, to maintain the carbonated liquid beverage at rest and at the pre-load pressure prior to injecting of the carbonated liquid beverage into the preform, and, with the carbonated liquid beverage at rest and at the pre-load pressure and after stretching by the stretching member has started, to initiate and continuing injection of the carbonated liquid beverage into the preform to form the container.