Reduced sugar cola

Problem

Due to a national sugar tax being introduced, this brand had to reformulate their cola from full sugar to reduced sugar. This resulted in a significant delay in filling start-up time and major gushing upon filling; the carbonation retention was also majorly negatively affected. They were not sufficiently prepared for the problems that the reformulation caused which had a knock-on effect on the rest of the supply chain and sales targets.

Solution

We introduced CO₂Sustain to their production process, added directly to the syrup tank. Immediately, the brand’s manufacturers were able to start up at 100% line speed (double the maximum speed they were able to achieve without CO₂Sustain!)

Outcome

The overall increase of 20% production efficiency enabled the brand to make up for the losses it initially made by reformulating and has enabled greater confidence to look at sugar-reduced options for the rest of their beverage portfolio.