
Food Production
Puragen’s food production applications improve the colour, taste, clarity and consistency of sweeteners, including cane sugar and syrups.
Our advanced filtration media and mobile filters remove unwanted flavours, colour impurities and processing residues to help manufacturers meet food safety standards, improve product quality and increase consumer satisfaction.

Contaminants we remove
Puragen’s food production applications remove a wide range of impurities to produce cleaner, better-quality sweeteners:
- Organic acids and impurities
Removes residual organic compounds affecting taste and stability - Chlorophyll and colouring agents
Reduces discolouration and enhances clarity - Residual processing chemicals
Removes unwanted by-products from refining - Volatile organic compounds (VOCs)
Filters chemical contaminants affecting flavour - Pesticides and herbicides
Removes agricultural residues from raw materials
Activated carbon products for Food Production
Puragen offers tailored activated carbon solutions to refine sweeteners effectively, ensuring superior purity and cost-efficient processing.

Granular Activated Carbon (GAC)
Ideal for continuous filtration systems, GAC traps colours, dissolved contaminants, pesticides and residual processing chemicals in syrups and liquid sweeteners. Its long-lasting structure allows for extended use in industrial purification setups. GAC can also be reactivated, offering a lower environmental footprint than single-use PAC products.

Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC)
Used in single-use batch processing, PAC effectively removes colorants, off-flavors and organic impurities from liquid sugar solutions, high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners. It provides rapid adsorption kinetics and is easily filtered out after treatment.
Mobile filters for Food Production
Puragen’s range of mobile filters are optimised for a variety of liquid applications. We can adapt our filters to integrate with any specific site installation requirements.

AquaSorber® 22-100
Maximum Flow Rate (m3/hr): 100

AquaSorber® 5
Maximum Flow Rate (m3/hr): 20

AquaSorber® 2-SX
Maximum Flow Rate (m3/hr): 12
Relevant Industries
These industries commonly use Puragen’s Food Production Applications. Take a look at our other products and services for these industries.
Enhance safety and quality through purification, decolourisation, deodorisation and removal of organic compounds
Our Capabilities
To deliver the best possible filtration solutions for every customer, Puragen takes a long term partnership approach, we can manage and support each and every stage of the journey, and are committed to innovation to improve everything we do.
Expertise & Analytics
Our award winning chemists, materials scientists and engineers use leading lab facilities and analytics to derive and support precise technical solutions for each customer requirement.
Carbon Engineering
We supply a comprehensive range of carbons tailored to specific applications. We also enhance the performance of our carbon for specific processes via impregnation and precise particle sizing.
Fixed Filter Services
We can manage as much of the carbon lifecycle as each customer requires, from supply, carbon exchange and reactivation to system maintenance and optimisation.
Mobile Filtration
We operate a growing mobile filter fleet to deliver scalable, plug and play filters to customers, with maximum flexibility, minimal downtime, and no on-site waste handling.
Reactivation
We operate one of the most advanced closed-loop carbon reactivation networks in Europe to deliver efficient filtration, traceability and environmental benefits.
Integrated Logistics
Our processing and logistics hubs deliver to and support each customer’s needs across our full range of products and services.
Case studies
Puragen Case Studies
See how Puragen is helping customers succeed with our Water & Liquid applications.

Innovative PFAS Treatment with Mobile Activated Carbon Filtration in Rumilly, France
Background In Rumilly, Savoie (France), PFAS contamination in drinking water has triggered increased regulatory vigilance.

Drinking Water: Removal of PFAS
Search, Capture, Destroy: a reliable and effective solution for the treatment of PFAS at a UK-based water utility

Brewdog Case Study
Puragen is proud to be involved in the ongoing renewable energy project at the Brewdog HQ in Ellon, Scotland.

Plug & Play Water Purification: AquaSorber® Mobile Carbon Filters Deployed at UK Drinking Water Facility
Introducing activated carbon to a drinking water facility in southern England