Solutions for filtration and stabilization of beverages

Create exquisite tasting, crystal clear wines, beers, and other beverages with Divergan®

There is a simple and clear answer to turbidities, flavor and (heavy) metals. BASF’s Divergan® range! Special Divergan® types help you to create beverages with reduced polyphenol, haze and (heavy) metal content. Easily. Efficiently. Economically.

BTC Europe offers a wide range of products for filtration and stabilization of beer, wine and other beverages: Create products that fulfill all of your customers’ demands for a crystal clear beverage.

What makes BASF’s Divergan® unique?

Divergan® is BASF’s standard excipient for the filtration and stabilization of beer and wine. Even after filtration, clear beverages contain dissolved phenolic compounds and proteins that, after a relatively short time, form complexes that subsequently lead to turbidity. Divergan® virtually removes phenolic compounds, and even heavy metal ions, without altering the character of your beer or wine. BASF produces Divergan® by popcorn polymerization of PVP. It is insoluble in water, acids, bases, and organic solvents.

BASF offers you traditional German brewing expertise combined with knowledge and competence in filtration and stabilization. The result: improved clarity and stability, great appearance, pure taste, and long shelf life.

Benefits of Divergan®

• We facilitate production of high quality beer over a longer shelf life. Our solution helps deliver consistent quality. Breweries around the globe use Divergan® as a beer stabilizer to ensure that their beer has the same taste and constant quality everywhere.
• We provide with Divergan® a solution for constant colloidal stability, especially in regions subject to climate extremes.
• We provide with our Divergan® the chance for a clean label. Divergan® is completely separated from the beer during filtration. Thus, Divergan® is not an additive and does not have to be declared on the label.
• We have with more than 150 years of history in the human nutrition industry an exceptional experience in producing, handling, and applying Divergan® to many applications.

We offer a diverse range of products tailored to your application needs. While our major applications are beer and wine, we offer further applications such as fruit juice and tea. Depending on the manufacturing conditions, coarse or fine grain products are obtained, which differ in their application properties. Divergan® is available as coarse Divergan® RS for beer, and as fine Divergan F® for beer and wine. Special Divergan® types for single and multiple use are available. Choose from a diverse range of products tailored to your application needs.