Instant Tea Powder Production Line

New Benchmark in Instant Tea Powder Production: Membrane Filtration + Membrane Concentration Technology Unlocks the Secret to High Aroma, High Solubility, and Low Energy Consumption

Driven by the trend of health-conscious consumption, instant tea powder has become a star ingredient in the beverage, baking, and health product industries due to its convenience, high solubility, and nutrient retention. However, traditional production processes, such as high-temperature evaporation and chemical clarification, often lead to issues like tea polyphenol oxidation, aroma loss, and residual impurities, directly affecting product flavor and market competitiveness. As a deep-rooted expert in membrane separation technology, we have developed an integrated membrane filtration and concentration system specifically for instant tea powder production. With low-temperature physical separation technology at its core, this system helps companies overcome the triple challenges of quality, efficiency, and cost, enabling them to capture the high-end tea powder market!

I. Pain Points of Traditional Processes: Uncontrollable Quality, High Costs, and Environmental Constraints
Instant tea powder production involves four key steps: extraction, clarification, concentration, and drying. Traditional processes face severe challenges:
- Severe aroma loss: High-temperature evaporation (60-80°C) causes a loss of over 30% of volatile aromatic compounds, resulting in bland tea powder flavor;
- High impurity retention: Centrifugation and diatomite filtration struggle to remove colloids, pectin, and fine suspended solids, leading to turbidity and wall adhesion upon dissolution;
- High energy consumption: Multi-effect evaporators consume significant steam, accounting for 40%-50% of total production costs;
- Environmental pressure: Wastewater contains high COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand), increasing treatment difficulty and costs.

II. Integrated Membrane Technology Solution: Three-Step Innovation, Reshaping the Tea Powder Production Value Chain
1. Membrane Filtration System: High-Precision Clarification, Laying the Foundation for Quality
- Ultrafiltration membrane precision retention: Using membranes with 10-50kDa pore sizes to retain macromolecular colloids, pectin, and impurities, achieving permeate transmittance >95%, solving tea turbidity issues;
- Aroma preservation: Room-temperature physical filtration (25-40°C) prevents tea polyphenol oxidation and aroma loss due to high temperatures;
- Efficient continuous operation: Cross-flow design with strong anti-fouling properties ensures stable flux and doubles processing efficiency compared to traditional methods.

2. Membrane Concentration System: Low-Temperature Concentration, Locking in Tea’s Authentic Flavor
- Low-temperature, high-efficiency concentration: Nanofiltration membranes selectively retain effective components like tea polyphenols and amino acids at room temperature, achieving a concentration factor of 3-5 times and increasing solid content to 15%-25%;
- Zero loss of aromatic compounds: Compared to evaporation concentration, key flavor substances like theanine and linalool retention rates improve by over 50%;
- Significant energy savings: Energy consumption is only 1/4 of multi-effect evaporation, reducing overall operating costs by 35%.

3. Integrated Process Advantages: End-to-End Empowerment from Extraction to Concentration
- Streamlined process: Seamless integration of membrane filtration and concentration replaces traditional multi-step processes like "centrifugation + plate-and-frame filtration + evaporation," reducing equipment investment by 30%;
- Enhanced product value: Tea powder solubility reaches 99.9%, with no sediment in hot or cold preparation, and flavor close to freshly brewed tea, meeting high-end market demands;
- Green and sustainable: Permeate (pure water) can be reused in the extraction process, reducing wastewater discharge by 60%, helping companies achieve ISO 14001 certification.

III. Core Technology Assurance: Why Choose Our Equipment?
1. Customized Membrane Modules, Precisely Matched to Tea Characteristics
- Tailored anti-fouling PVDF and ceramic membrane elements designed for different tea types (e.g., green tea, black tea, oolong tea) based on variations in tea polyphenol content, viscosity, and pH, ensuring long-term stable operation;
- Modular design supports multi-stage series connection, flexibly meeting demands for low-concentration extracts or high-solid content concentration.

2. Intelligent Control for Stable Production
- PLC + IoT system monitors parameters like transmembrane pressure difference, flow rate, and conductivity in real-time, automatically adjusting operating pressure and cleaning frequency;
- Equipped with CIP (Cleaning-in-Place) programs for one-click switching between acid cleaning (removing inorganic scale) and alkaline cleaning (clearing organic fouling), with membrane flux recovery rate >98%.

3. Full-Scenario Coverage, Adapting to Diverse Production Needs
- Seamless scalability from pilot to mass production: Single-unit processing capacity of 0.5-20m³/h, supporting modular expansion for both R&D labs and large-scale production lines;
- Compatible with various raw materials: Suitable for tea leaves, tea concentrates, and secondary extracts from tea residues;
- Compliant with food-grade certifications: Equipment materials meet FDA and EC1935 standards, adhering to GMP and HACCP production norms.

IV. Customer Testimonials: Data-Backed Real Benefits
Case Study: A Leading Tea Beverage Ingredient Supplier
Original process: Plate-and-frame filtration + triple-effect evaporation, facing issues like dark tea powder, poor solubility, and high costs. After adopting our integrated membrane system:
- Quality upgrade: Tea polyphenol retention rate increased from 68% to 92%, dissolution time reduced to 3 seconds, and customer repurchase rate increased by 40%;
- Cost optimization: Steam consumption reduced by 80%, saving over 2 million RMB annually in energy costs;
- Accelerated production expansion: Modular equipment installed and commissioned in 3 weeks, increasing capacity to 2.5 times the original line.

V. Service Commitment: End-to-End Support from Planning to Implementation
- Free sample validation: Provide tea sample processing experiments for direct comparison of filtration/concentration effects;
- Turnkey project delivery: Offer integrated services including process design, equipment installation, personnel training, and after-sales maintenance;
- Long-term warranty: Core membrane components come with a 2-year warranty, with lifelong technical upgrade support.

Take action now and usher in a new era of high-quality instant tea powder production!
Whether you are building a new production line or upgrading existing processes, our membrane filtration and concentration equipment, with its outstanding advantages of high aroma, high solubility, low energy consumption, and environmental friendliness, will help you quickly capture the market high ground!

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