Comments on: Will pasteurization become a bit passe?

Israeli start-up offering food and water purification issues age-old cry: We can kill more bugs than you.

[schubb]

I am confused

"(Atlantium's system can't replace pasteurization for milk because the opaque liquid absorbs UV.)

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Coca-Cola's Israel plant is currently installing a pilot system with Atlantium's reactors, while a local dairy has already replaced some of its pasteurizers with one. "

What did the dairy replace if it can't do milk?

[amadensor]

What they replaced

A dairy also needs purified water for processing, especially cheeses. They likely replaced one of those units.

[Get_Bent]

Not a new idea

Many home salt-water aquariums started using ultraviolet sterilizers years ago.

[DaClyde]

usually how it goes

Over the next decade, the world will likely be changed quite a bit in the areas of health and energy by various companies "discovering" technologies and processes which have been around for decades but have been discarded or ignored because they would've negatively affected sales of existing products and services, or perish the thought, their stock value. Unless it's profitable immediately, it really doesn't matter how much better a certain fuel or purification process might be.

[michael kanellos]

Here's the new part

UV sterilization has been around since around 1905, but the point here is that it so far hasn't been greatly efficient. that's why chlorine and other techniques are more dominant. (it's explained in the article.)

[The user with no name]

UV requires 3 minutes or more

to kill bacteria if I remember my microbiology correctly. The local WalMart has a UV sterilizer on it's self serve bottled water dispenser but the water passes by it to quickly to really do anything other than to make one THINK that it helps. I sure hope that this 'new' system exposes the SAME water to constant UV light for at least 3 minutes per drop

[55Kevin]

TO THE EDITOR .I REPRESENT A COMPANY WHO HAS A UV DISINFECTANT SYSTEM WHICH CAN ACT SUCCESSFULLY ON TURBID LIQUIDS .I WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A EDITORAL
WHICH WOULD SHOW YOYR READERS THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM ,MILK WINE JUICE ETC WE HAVE A WORLD WIDE PATENT.WE ARE CURRENTLY RELEASING THE PROCESS WORLD WIDE ,AND I AM SURE IT WOULD INFORMATIVE AND HELPFUL TO YOUR READERS
KEVIN WHELAN PLEASE REPLY

[willt1984]

hi sorry to bother you, but could you please tell me the name of the company developing these systems for milk, as im very intrested in them, my email is [e-mail]

thanks

[dairy_barnes]

what is your company that may be able to pasturize milk i would like to know more
ammon