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VUC Services spol. s r.o. has been carrying out its activities in Zvoleněves at the premises of a former sugar refinery since 2001. The origination of the company and its former activity are closely linked with the development of the Czech sugar industry after 1990, and with the transformation of the former Sugar Research Institution.

A look into the past: VÚC (Sugar Research Institution), which was based at the premises of the Modřany sugar refinery, underwent a number of changes after privatisation of the sugar industry. It was very quickly transformed from a subsidised institution into a development and engineering site with large potential for innovation.

Liquid sugars and their use in the food industry

The use of liquid sugars in the food industry has a long-standing tradition throughout Europe and especially in recent years it has undergone rapid development. Sugar processors decided to leave everything to do with the preparation of suitable types of sugars to sugar producers, that is sugar companies, and they focused their attention on their main production activity. Experience from throughout Europe proves that the use of liquid sugars is truly universal, and this applies for all possible versions of the product. Sugar companies are capable of preparing liquid sugar for their customers not only naturally of the same good quality but also in the composition that as much as possible simplifies its use in the production of final products. We can come across liquid sugars in all branches of the food industry:

1. Production of non-alcoholic beverages and syrups (into any sweetened beverages).
2. Production of alcoholic beverages, liquors, children's sparkling wines etc.
3. Brewing industry.
4. Dairy industry (flavoured milks, yogurts, cottage cheeses and others).
5. Baking industry (glazes, fillings etc.)..
6. Production of medicines and pharmaceuticals (medicinal syrups, drug flavourings etc.).
7. Production of sweetened and frozen products (ice creams, ice cream cakes and other flavoured frozen products).
8. Preserving industry (production of jams)..

Thanks to the technological and technical attributes of liquid sugars their use for sugar processors is expanding in other European Union countries (Germany, Austria, Belgium), as well as in the Czech Republic. One of the well-known companies that this includes is Dobrá Voda.

Liquid sugar – Raw material for the modern producer

The use of liquid sugars by processing plants brings a great simplification to production processes, both in connection with the production logistics as well as with the efficient utilisation of labour. The demanding manual manipulation for storage of sugar is removed, as is the need for suitable, extensive storage space. The same saving on manual work applies for the subsequent dissolving of sugar. Here there can be losses in sugar on one hand by careless manipulation and also by not shaking it all out of packaging. By using supplied liquid sugar the processor eliminates that energy-demanding process.
The preparation of liquid sugar is implemented from the supplier by automatic tanks with thermal equipment and the possibility of linking to all usual dimensions of food-making piping. Pumping from the automatic tanks takes place with the use of own electronic pumps or compressors with intake of air through micro-biological filters.

Storage of liquid sugars

Usually food industry containers are used that are equipped with a volume gauge, a sanitation distribution channel and an outlet connected to a pump. For storing the volume of one automatic tank of a supplied mass of 25t and dry residue of 75% a container of a diameter and height of 3m suffices. With regard to the fact that the producer is capable of supplying liquid sugar 24 hours a day a minimal amount of storage containers will suffice even in the case of plants that operate continuously. Thanks to the possibility of continuous supplies from a liquid sugar producer it is possible by quality logistics of production and distribution to streamline the plant's cash flow. By using liquid sugars the production process at the consumer can be fully automated, while using the existing production equipment. The human factor can be eliminated from the production process as much as possible and therefore mechanical human work, which is a source of errors and subsequent economic damage, can also be eliminated. The entire production process can be described in this simple diagram: automation – trained service staff – laboratory control, all interconnected by mutual feedback. The entire production process can be managed in the automated process both in terms of volume and mass.