Cara Technology Company Overview
- 1. Introduction to Cara TechnologyCompany overview – 2010
- 2. Ourmissionis to be a world-leading company developing, manufacturing and supplying products and services for brewers
- 3. Who are we?
- 4. What are we good at?
- 5. Who do we work for?
- 6. What sorts of things do we do?Process consultancy, auditing and troubleshooting
- 7. New product and process development
- 8. Development and implementation of process problem solving toolkits (including software)
- 9. Secure brewing yeast storage, analysis, and re-selection
- 10. Regular yeast supplyOur Leatherhead facilityLocated near London, UK
- 11. Facilities include well-equipped yeast laboratories, microbiological testing laboratories, gene testing laboratory, flavour chemistry laboratories, taste roomOur Copenhagen facilityLocated in Central Copenhagen, Denmark
- 12. Facilities include well-equipped yeast storage facility, yeast dried yeast culture production plant, liquid yeast production laboratory, yeast testing laboratory
- 13. Facility founded by Alfred Jorgensen in 1891
- 14. Been supplying breweries with pure culture yeast for 116 years
- 15. Purchased by Cara Technology in 2009Example projects - brewhouseRe-design of mashing profiles to reduce operating costs, increase production capacity and improve product quality
- 16. Re-design of brewhouse processes to reduce energy consumption without compromising quality or incurring capital expenditure
- 17. Re-design of brewhouse processes to eliminate the use of added enzymes
- 18. Optimization of adjunct usage strategies
- 19. Control of extract lossExample projects - yeastDesign and implementation of state-of-the-art yeast supply programmes
- 20. Specifications and critical control points for brewery yeast management
- 21. Sourcing, screening and supply of alcohol-tolerant yeast for production at very high gravities (25OP+)
- 22. Re-selection of customer yeast cultures to improve brewery performance and increase alcohol yieldExample projects - fermentationImprovement of the alcohol yield from high gravity fermentations
- 23. Troubleshooting of attenuation problems in fermentation
- 25. Optimization of yeast cropping and scrapping strategies to improve beer quality
- 26. Implementation of improved yeast propagation techniquesExample projects - filtrationTroubleshooting of primary filtration problems (filtrate quality, throughput, run length)
- 27. Troubleshooting of sterile filtration problems (microbiological quality, throughput, run length)
- 28. Assistance with implementation of next generation (kieselguhr-free) filtration systemsExample projects – packagingEvaluation of new packaging materials to comply with Government (FDA) Protocols
- 29. Troubleshooting of microbiological spoilage outbreaks in can, bottle and keg (yeast, lactics, Pectinatus, Megasphaera)
- 30. Re-design of packaging operations (with laboratory support) to reduce the risk of spoilage outbreaksExample projects –beer flavourOptimization of brewhouse and fermentation procedures to improve beer ester profiles
- 31. Troubleshooting of excessive SO2 production during fermentation
- 32. Minimization of H2S concentrations in beer
- 33. Optimization of diacetyl management – lowest diacetyl concentration in the shortest time
- 34. Troubleshooting of off-flavours and taints
- 35. Evaluation of the flavour and quality of brewery beers or random market samplesExample projects – beer flavour stabilityIdentification of critical points in the production and supply chain for improvement of beer flavour stability
- 36. Beer flavour stability process improvement audits
- 37. Optimization of beer flavour stability through improvements in:
- 40. maturation and filtration processes
- 42. supply chain managementExample projects –beer appearanceIdentification of the critical points in the production and supply chain for improvement of beer colloidal stability
- 43. Troubleshooting of haze and sediment issues – identification of haze or sediment material, causes, and solutions to problems
- 44. Troubleshooting of foam quality problemsExample projects – NPDDesign and development of various beers including premium lagers, ales, stouts, wheat beers and alcoholic fruit beverages
- 45. Design and development of low alcohol beers that can be produced without the need for capital expenditure
- 46. Design and development of processes for production of light-stable beersOur yeast collectionLargest collection of production brewing yeasts in the world
- 47. Almost 850 yeast strains (mostly lager yeast, though some ale and wheat beer yeasts)
- 48. All stored in liquid nitrogen at -196OC
- 49. Continuously supplied to breweries for almost 130 yearsOur yeast collectionDetailed fermentation information available on about 200 of the strains
- 50. Strain key describes important propertiesYeast culture supplyWe can supply yeast cultures in the form of:
- 51. Slopes (slants)
- 52. Liquid cultures
- 53. Dried yeast (50 g)
- 54. All cultures are quality assured prior to dispatch
- 59. Flocculation
- 60. Multiplex PCR DNA fingerprinting
- 61. Checks for contaminant microorganismsTypical supply contractYeast supplied six times per year - typically four slopes per brewery per shipment - 24 slopes per brewery per year
- 62. All cultures are quality assured prior to dispatch
- 63. Only cultures which have passed all QA tests are released to brewery customers
- 64. Different shipping options available, including worldwide refrigerated transport
- 65. Phytosanitary Certificates and Certificates of Origin are available on request
- 66. Choice of supplying one of our proprietary yeasts, or storage and supply of your own proprietary yeastSummaryWe provide specialized services for people who know why they matter
- 67. We have an experienced team and well-equipped labs in UK and Denmark, backed up by a great network of specialist labs and consultants
- 68. We have the world’s largest collection of brewing yeast strains at our disposal and a meticulous approach to yeast management
- 69. All our operations are accredited to ISO9001:2008Contact detailsCara Technology LimitedLeatherhead Enterprise CentreRandalls RoadLeatherheadSurreyKT22 7RYUKTel +44 1372 822218 www.cara-online.com