摘要 |
A pasteurization method for a beverage filling device comprising a beverage supply system piping (7) that sends a beverage through a heating pasteurizing unit (18) into a filling device (2), sends hot water or heated steam through the beverage supply system piping (7), calculates an F value while detecting, at prescribed time intervals, the temperature at a plurality of locations on the beverage supply system piping (7), and finishes a pasteurization step when the smallest of the F values reaches a target value. Thus, the time until starting the beverage filling operation or the time between production cycles can be shortened. |