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Learn how increasing water quality can improve your business's bottom line.
Reduce damaging particulates that may be in your water with 3M™ Water Filtration Products for foodservice. Our filtration solutions also help to reduce the amount of chloramine that can impact the taste and appearance of your beverages, work to minimize the chlorine taste and odor that can give ice an off-taste, and reduce the likelihood of water hardness that can cause scale buildup in your expensive equipment. When you reduce factors that can negatively impact your business, you increase customer satisfaction, the longevity of your appliances and your bottom line.
3M filtration is trusted in restaurants around the world for performance, convenience and quality. Get efficient and effective solutions, easy-to-use and easy-to-maintain systems, and reliable results that maximize product consistency and operational continuity.
The key to consistent coffee is the water you use to brew it. If your water is off-tasting or contains chlorine, chloramines, sediment or other particles, it can greatly impact the taste and appearance of your coffee. Scale buildup from water hardness or minerals, excess particulates, and corrosion from excess chlorine and chloramines can lead to costly maintenance downtime or shortened machine life.
You can help ensure consistent tasting beverages and smooth-running equipment with a water filtration system from 3M designed for coffee applications.
Brew at your best with a 3M™ Water Filtration Solution for foodservice for coffee makers.
Your customers have high expectations when they order espresso drinks. They’re paying a premium price for what better be a premium-tasting beverage. If your water isn’t up to par, it can have a negative impact on the taste of your espresso drinks. You already have a lot of things you have to get right from the right ingredients to the right temperature — your water doesn’t have to be one of them.
You can control the quality of the water you use with a water filtration system from 3M designed for espresso applications. These innovative systems can be tailored to suit your needs with different levels and types of filtration.
Whichever 3M filtration solution for espresso equipment you choose, you can help your equipment run smoother and last longer. They can help reduce scale that can diminish machine performance. Or help reduce damaging effects of calcium and magnesium that can build up in the boiler, reducing efficiency and increasing your maintenance costs — while reducing service life.
Help meet your customers high expectations with select 3M™ Water Filtration Solutions for foodservice espresso machines.
Your ice is 100% water, so if you’re not using quality water, it may show in the taste and appearance of one your most served items. A 3M filtration system designed for ice machines can help ensure your ice looks clear and is great tasting.
Select 3M water filtration solutions for ice applications feature Integrated Membrane Pre-Activated Carbon Technology (I.M.P.A.C.T.) which provides built-in scale inhibition as well as chlorine taste and odor and particulate reduction. This can help to reduce service calls and downtime — increasing your bottom line.
Help ensure your ice is clear and great tasting with a 3M™ Water Filtration Solution for foodservice for ice machines.
We’ve all ordered our favorite soft drink at one time or another and instantly knew something was off about the taste. People expect the drinks they’re familiar with taste the same every time they order it.
A big factor in the taste of drinks from cold beverage machines is the water they’re created with. A 3M water filtration system for cold beverage applications can help ensure the taste and quality of drinks and more.
Help ensure your cold beverages taste the way they should with a 3M™ Water Filtration Solution for foodservice for cold beverage equipment.
*Based on NSF/ANSI 42 testing of the ICE120, ICE140, ICE160, and ICE190 for the reduction of chlorine, taste, & odor.
Combi-ovens are complex pieces of equipment and as such are one of your most expensive investments. You can help protect yours and keep it running efficiently with a 3M water filtration system for combi-ovens.
Help protect one of your most expensive and critical pieces of equipment with a 3M™ Water Filtration Solution for foodservice for steamers/combi-ovens.
The water you use flows throughout your business, helping you deliver the hot and cold beverages, ice and food you serve every day. You know that you need quality water to deliver quality products, but ensuring every machine is getting the right water can be a daunting task. A 3M water filtration solution for multi-equipment applications can simplify day-to-day business life with one single system to serve multiple machines.
Help ensure your valuable machines operate in harmony with a 3M™ Water Filtration Solution for foodservice for multi-equipment applications.
Check out our Water 101 video series to learn about water quality issues in each common foodservice application — ice, coffee, espresso, cold beverage, steam and multi-equipment — and the filtration solutions you may need to help improve the quality of water feeding your important machinery.
Consider these factors when choosing a water filter:
*Product Selection and Use: This tool is intended to provide guidance on products for a foodservice
application. Since there are many factors that can affect a product’s use, the customer and user remain
responsible for determining whether the 3M product is suitable and appropriate for the user’s specific
application, including user evaluating the 3M product in user’s application.
3M™ High Flow Series products include the option of replacement filters featuring Integrated Membrane Pre-Activated Carbon Technology ("I.M.P.A.C.T.") that provides excellent cartridge life and economy. You'll see some key benefits including:
¹ Filters featuring the Integrated Membrane Pre-Activated Carbon Technology ("I.M.P.A.C.T.") media can clearly be identified by the icon on the product label
² Based on the use of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts.
³ As demonstrated with 99.99% reduction of surrogate organism E. coli (ATCC 11229) and P. fluorescens (ATCC 49642) in manufacturer’s lab test.
To help reduce food and beverage quality impacts, business interruptions, added cost and, ultimately, reduced customer satisfaction, follow recommended guidelines on when to change your 3M water filter. Knowing more about what affects your local water quality will help you manage integrating water filtration into your business.
Already have a 3M filter? Check out our replacement cartridge page to learn:
- Where to buy a 3M water filter cartridge
- Why you need to replace
- When and how to change
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Technical Service: 866-990-9785