Hi
My plant wants to start bottling in aluminum bottles a product that is neutral in pH and has 1.5-3% sugar, it has some flavors in it, no carbonation.
I'm trying to avoid aseptic filling as we don't have this tech and I really don't want to even mention it as needed, but I'm not sure if we can pack this without it.
The product is basically water, sugar, flavor and it's shelf stable.
I was thinking of doing HTST but VAT pasteurization would be amazing since we already have this equipment
Other options could be tunnel pasteurization in the finished product, but I'm worried of C.botulinum as it won't get killed in the tunnel.
Another option maybe possible is to retort the bottles, since they are aluminum they might be fine.
Please advice!
Thanks