Food & Beverage Applications

Precision Fluid Transfer for Food & Beverage Production

Reliable, food-suitable tubing and hose solutions for clean, controlled transfer across beverage, dairy, food production, laboratory and single-use processing environments.

Food, milk and dairy tubing for precision fluid transfer

Clean transfer

Smooth, non-porous tubing helps support a sanitary fluid path and reduces areas where particles can become trapped.

Process visibility

Crystal-clear tubing allows operators to monitor flow during filling, draining, sampling and transfer work.

Application support

Gem Scientific can help you select tubing by size, pressure, temperature, cleaning routine and application requirement.

Designed for production environments

From ingredient transfer to dairy processing

Precision fluid transfer is essential where hygiene, repeatability and dependable flow are required. Cole-Parmer Food, Milk and Dairy Tubing is described as non-toxic, taste-free and odour-free, making it suitable for food, milk and dairy applications.

  • Food and beverage production lines
  • Milk and dairy filling, draining and processing
  • Laboratory and quality control transfer
  • Single-use and batch processing workflows
  • General-purpose hygienic fluid handling
Tubing internal diameter, outside diameter and wall thickness diagram
Food safety aligned

Supporting hygienic handling and operational control

BRCGS describes its Food Safety Standard as a framework for managing product safety, integrity, legality and quality in food manufacturing, processing and packing. FSA guidance also focuses on food hygiene requirements and keeping food safe.

Selecting suitable tubing and hoses forms part of a practical hygiene-led approach, especially where materials come into contact with food, drink, ingredients or samples.

Key tubing features

  • Non-toxic, taste-free and odour-free material
  • Smooth, non-porous bore
  • Flexible construction for transfer applications
  • Resistant to commonly used sanitisers
  • Resistant to harsh alkaline cleaners
  • Operating temperature range: -44°C to 74°C
Popular specification examples

Food, milk and dairy tubing size options

The range includes multiple internal diameters, outside diameters and wall thicknesses for different flow, pressure and installation requirements.

Tubing ID Tubing OD Wall Max Pressure Item Number
1/16" / 1.6 mm1/8" / 3.2 mm1/32" / 0.8 mm60 PSI / 4.1 bar50121-50
1/8" / 3.2 mm1/4" / 6.4 mm1/16" / 1.6 mm60 PSI / 4.1 bar50121-53
1/4" / 6.4 mm1/2" / 12.7 mm1/8" / 3.2 mm60 PSI / 4.1 bar50121-59
1/2" / 12.7 mm5/8" / 15.9 mm1/16" / 1.6 mm19 PSI / 1.3 bar50121-67
1" / 25.4 mm1-1/2" / 38.1 mm1/4" / 6.4 mm34 PSI / 2.3 bar50121-79

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