Plant Beverage Plant in Farmstead World — building in the game, and what it is on a real farm.
A plant beverage plant mills, blends, sterilises and fills cartons on one line: oats, almonds or soybeans go in at one end, and sealed cartons come out at the other.
Each base behaves differently. Almond milk separates without an emulsifier, oat milk thickens when its starch is broken down with enzymes, and soy needs its trypsin inhibitor cooked out.
Aseptic filling is what gives the carton its months on a shelf; the same line without it makes a fresh product with days.
Farm facts about plant beverage plant
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