Evaluation of the Quality of Albanian Beer ‘Stela’ Packed in Pet

Year 2017, Volume: 12 Issue: 3, 197 - 203, 30.09.2017

A. Petre R. Troja L. Xhangolli

Abstract

The aim of our study is to evaluate the quality of the beer in PET based
on a strict control of physical and chemical parameters. Moreover, our aim is
to compare it with the beer packed in glass bottle. The work for this study was
performed in a well-known beer company in our country and abroad, and shows us
the real possibilities in producing beer in PET. 

Keywords

PET , polyethylene , tetrafolate , migration , movement , gases

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