Abstract: A beverage aseptic filling system (10) for both a carbonated beverage and a non-carbonated beverage includes a raw material liquid preparation unit (46) that prepares a raw material liquid, a beverage sterilization unit (41) that sterilizes a beverage, a beverage filling unit (20) that fills a container (30) with a beverage, and a switching valve (47) provided between the beverage sterilization unit (41) and the beverage filling unit (20). A first filling line (50A) is provided between the switching valve (47) and the beverage filling unit (20), and the switching valve (47) is connected to a second filling line (50B), in which a beverage cooling unit (43) for cooling a beverage and a carbonated beverage production unit (44) for injecting carbon dioxide gas into a beverage are disposed. The switching valve (47) supplies a beverage to either one of the first filling line (50A) and the second filling line (50B) selectively.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for continuously chopping, pulverizing and mixing edible material such as animal or fish meat which involves continuously chopping square-shaped frozen blocks of the material and adding thereto sodium carbonate or sodium bicarbonate, and sodium chloride or sodium caseinate, mixing and pulverizing the resultant mixture and adding an emulsifying agent thereto to prepare an emulsion. The method is further applicable to chopping, pulverizing and mixing beans by continuously chopping square-shaped frozen blocks of coarsely ground beans and pulverizing the chopped material.