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BINDURA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
FACULTY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT
Student Name : Odette Ivainesu Mutizha
Reg № : B213194B
Course Code : CH206
Course Narration : Quality Management Systems
REPORT ON INDUSTRIAL VISIT TO VARUN BEVERAGE
Varun beverages is a company that produces bottles and distributes beverages
and is the scond largest bottling company of PepsiCO ‘s beverages .Apart from
carbonated soft drinks of PepsiCo such as Pepsi, 7 Up, Mountain Dew and
Mirinda , the company distributes Tropicana and Tropicana Slice fruit juice
brands and Sting energy drinks. Varun beverages is a franchisee of PepsiCo. All
of them are licensed drinks of PepsiCo the multinational food and beverages
company. Varun currently has seven production lines that are producing a total
of 58 million bottles and cans in a month .
Water pre treatment
The main aim for water treatment is to eliminate and to reduce contamination
or non desirable characteristics of water . The objective of this process is to
obtain water with the right features for the use intended for it . At Varun
beverages water is stored in 500L tanks and treated using ferric chloride
hypochlorite. Water is supplied by Harare City Council and is stored in two 4
million litre tanks which are receiver tanks. After that water is then transported
to smaller tanks for treatment using chlorine and ferric chloride and then
pumped to sand filtration tanks. Water is then transported to tanks with
activated carbon which helps remove certain chemical particularly organic
chemicals from water. GAC is also used to remove chemicals that give
objectionable odors to tastes to water such as hydrogen and sulphide. It is
further softened using calcium and magnesium and then taken to reverse
osmosis for further treatment and then stored. Reverse osmosis is the reversal
of natural flow of osmosis and in this process water is forced through the
membrane in the opposite direction by application of pressure.
Ozonation
Ozonation is used in the beverage industry to remove residue and micro
organisms. It is a superior agent for disinfection and removal of micro
organisms in these applications. One benefit is equipment disassembly is not
required and disinfection is highly effective with ozone.At Varun ozone is used
to sterilize bottles .
Beverage making
SYRUP PREPARATION
Ingredients for syrup production are water, sugar carbon, filter paper and
concentrate. Syrup tank is filled with water which is heated up to clean and
sanitize the tank. Syrup is prepared from filter water,sugar and the
concentration of the room is well equipped with several tanks and filter press
water under pressure. Carbonated syrup fills the filler machine.From this
machine syrup is poured into calculated amount of syrup along with
concentrate and water and a saturated solution is being prepared and sent
through a machine called Filter Press syrup is filtered here. The filtered syrup is
passed through a para flow cooler when by recycling and glycol method the
temperature of the cooled down to 20 to 25 degrees cooled syrup is the stored
in syrup tanks .Syrup is mixed with carbonated bottles in calculated amount.
The crowner machine helps in closing the bottle mouth with helps of the caps
completely air tight.Ready bottles are sent through an inspection centre for
examination.
Carbonated Drinks
Carbonated water has 94% soft drink and it adds a special sparkle and bites to
the average and acts as a mid preservative .Carbon dioxide is a suitable gas for
preservative and is the second main ingredient which is sugar and it adds
sweetness and body to beverage .Sugar also balances flavours and acids .The
most common acid in soft drinks iscitric acid.
Quality control parameters

At Varun Beverages light inspection is used to detect defaults .The quality
control team have a variety of inspection standards to assess their ingredients
and identify any safety issues before production starts . They should also
ensure that their raw materials are safe to use . Ensuring safe and effective
packaging by making sure that the product remains safe by putting the
packaging through its paces .Final observations for taste , colour and scent are
the last step to ensure a high quality product. Accurate sugar concentration is
an important parameter for consistent quality of soft drink. Varun beverages
has international standard that specifies requirements for quality management
system.
Effluent treatment
At Varun beverages water is one of the most significant since water is the main
ingredient of their products . The storage tank stored raw effluent from
different parts of the factory .From the storage tank raw effluent is passed to
the equalization tank with the help of a pump. The function of equalization
tank is to equalize raw effluent from different processing units . A
neutralization tank neutralises raw material acidic in nature by adding
saturated solution of NaOH. A primary clarifier removes suspended heavy
particles from raw effluent and in this tank heavy particles along with sludge
which bacteria have degraded settles down at the bottom of the tank . Effluent
from the anaerobic hybrid reactor is received in the aeration stage by
pumping.

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