according to fraunhofer, the polymer has a number of advantages aside from time saving. the system can handle liquid samples 30 times larger than traditional membrane filtration and incubation which makes it more likely to detect contamminants that may only be present in small number. In addition it can handle many beverages that can't be easily filtered.
Membrane filtration is not suitable for the quality control of beverages such as fruit juice milk cola and red wine. They contain so much solid or suspended matter that the filter clogs quikly say Andreas Hollander a scientist at Applied Polymer Research.
Fruanhofer says that the polymer is currently undergoing pilot plant testing at GENIAL and will be available later this year