Free Flow relies on Krones and Steinecker process engineering to produce oat-based beverages in New Zealand
Free Flow relies on process engineering from Krones and Steinecker. The brand announced the start-up of the brewhouse of the New Zealand bottling company’s new brewing division. This new project will also produce oat beverages, in addition to beer, to meet the new demands of the most demanding consumers.
These new proposals are new vegetable-based milk alternatives of oat, soy, almond and others. Whether for reasons of intolerance, sustainability or simply personal preference, so-called plant-based beverages are becoming increasingly popular. The global demand for vegan milk continues to grow by leaps and bounds year after year, even doubling to a market value of $19.7 billion this year. In New Zealand, oat drink is becoming increasingly popular, and most of it had to be imported until now. This is exactly where Free Flow comes in with its customer, oat milk manufacturer Otis.
“In a country with a dairy industry run almost to perfection, we have made it our mission to launch a revolution based on plant-based alternatives and bring about positive change for people and nature,” said Tim Ryan and Chris Wilkie, founders of oat milk producer Otis.
“With Otis, the oat beverage pioneers in New Zealand, and world-class technological innovations from Krones and Steinecker, among others, by our side, we can’t wait to get started. To all beer brands and plant-based milk alternatives in the market: bring your formulas and ideas and let’s get to work,” added Scott Day, co-founder of Free Flow.
Based in Auckland, the company was originally looking for a suitable production site for its own brand of beverages. After only one year in operation, they decided to upgrade with Krones technology, because they saw Krones as an ideal partner to meet their own stringent quality standards.
