Water was the focus of the holiday program event with the title "Water - cool and sparkling". The Wilbarger branch of the VHS supervised the visit to the GmbH. The eight- to twelve-year-old learned a lot of interesting facts about sparkling and bubbly drinks.
Participants of the water holiday program were welcomed at the Wilbarger Strudel factory, similar to a delegation of adults, and welcomed the large meeting room. They were accompanied by the VHS by Peter and Susanne from the city of Wilbert.
An employee of the company had plenty of information about the children on the subject of "water" at hand, which she underpinned with a presentation and the appropriate explanations. Many figures, including the information that the earth consists of 70 percent water and 97 percent of which are salt water, as well as 0.6 percent fresh water, of which, however, only just serve three percent of the diet. Translated that means: To 100 liters of water is less than a shot glass full for drinking or preparing food used.
When they asked the participants what water is still used for, the children knew that it was used for washing, cleaning, watering, but also in industry. The children were challenged to answer the moderator's questions, getting to know the differences between tap, table, spring, mineral and medicinal water.
Holiday children also learned that the Wilbert Strudel factory exists since 1840 and belongs to the Wilbert Strudel factory. It has been in existence in Wilbert since 2002. Initially, two million PET bottles of Vertex were bottled here, meanwhile bottling has risen to 150 million bottles.
The fact that such a food company has very high hygiene standards was felt by the 15 participants when they had to wash and disinfect their hands before they could take part in the tour of the production facility. All jewelry was taboo and everyone had to wear a fleece coat, a head guard and a safety vest and sturdy shoes before it started. In addition, safety instructions for visitors were read out and expressly pointed out that absolutely nothing could be touched. Then each child got a headset so everyone could understand the explanations during the tour of the noisy production sites.
The one-hour guided tour led past the large water tanks to the syrup room, where the raw materials for finished drinks are produced. Next we went to the liquid sugar warehouse and into production. The packaging and production of PET bottles were also to be visited. Great amazement spread in the faces of the children, who have now experienced first-hand how their drinking water reaches the bottles and the trade.
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