Filtrability Measurement

Consistent filtration performance starts with understanding cider’s filterability. Variability in raw materials, yeast load, glucan and pectin content, and colloidal material can create challenges that impact throughput, increase filter consumption, or risk premataure blockages. Measuring filterability provides producers with valuable insight into how their cider will behave during processing, allowing them to optimise operations before issues arise.

At BHF, we support cider makers with methods to assess filterability, helping to fine-tune pre-filtration and select the right filter media for each production stage, including sterile filtration. This proactive approach ensures more predictable runs, reduced downtime, and improved cost-efficiency.

By integrating filterability measurement into the production process, cider makers can safeguard quality, protect aroma and flavour, and achieve smoother, more reliable filtration cycles. With BHF’s expertise, every filtration step becomes more controlled, consistent, and aligned with production goals.