A system using electrochemically-activated water (ECAW) for manufacturing, processing, packaging, and dispensing beverages including: (a) using ECAW to neutralize incompatible residues when transitioning from the production of one beverage to another (b) using ECAW to rehabilitate and disinfect granular activated charcoal beds used in the feed water purification system (c) producing a carbonated ECAW product and using the carbonated ECAW for system cleaning or disinfecting (d) using ECAW solutions in the beverage facility clean-in-place system to achieve improved microbial control while greatly reducing water usage and reducing or eliminating the use of chemical detergents and disinfectants (e) further reducing biofilm growth in the processing system, and purifying ingredient water without the use of chlorine, by adding an ECAW anolyte to the water ingredient feed stream and/or (f) washing the beverage product bottles or other packages with one or more ECAW solutions prior to packaging.
