Liquid clarification
AssigneeGE Healthcare Bio-Sciences AB
InventorsMichael Katzke, Ola Lind, Tobias Soderman, James Van Alstine
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Abstract
The present invention relates to liquid clarification. More closely, the invention relates to beverage clarification, such as reduction of colloidal (not microbial) haze-causing substances in beer or related beverages such as wine, juices, flavorings etc. The method of the invention uses a hydrophilic surface for adsorption of haze-forming substances by hydrogen bonding interaction properties between the surface and the haze-forming substances.
Claims17
A method for haze-clarification of a liquid, comprising removal of polyphenols from said liquid by contacting said liquid with a separation matrix molecularly interacting with polyphenols by hydrogen bonding wherein the separation matrix comprises diethylene glycol based-ligands.
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