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Maintenance as a Strategic Advantage

In this third installment of our “Efficiency in Uncertain Times” series, we explore how proactive and predictive maintenance practices help food processors do more with less.

September 2, 2025

Heating/Cooking

Heating/Cooking

Heat Exchangers Play Key Role in Spanish Soup Production

This heat exchange product helps companies produce two of Spain’s esteemed soups.

February 10, 2025

HRS Gazpacho and Salmorejo Image

Top 10 Articles of 2024 – No. 9: SunOpta Takes Aseptic Processing to New Level

Join ProFood World in looking back at the site’s most popular articles of 2024. The No. 9 spot features greenfield plant SunOpta taking lessons from its other facilities to advance in several key aseptic processing areas.

December 24, 2024

The greenfield project enabled SunOpta to optimize production, improve the flexibility of its systems, and accommodate new product lines, including 330 mL protein drinks.

Heating/Cooking

Pick Heaters Names Mark Brueggemann President

Pick Heaters, Inc.

Brueggemann, who has been with Pick Heaters for more than 30 years, takes the reins following the retirement of Mike Schopp, who served the company for over 40 years.

August 14, 2024

Mark Brueggemann

High-Pressure Processing Preserves Baby Food’s Taste, Nutrition

HPP was an essential tool when GroGro's Malin Bruset set out to create a baby food that was as close to homemade as possible but could also be sold in stores.

January 21, 2024

GroGro explains to its customers how high-pressure processing preserves the texture and nutrients of the original ingredients while the taste, nutrition, and consistency of the raw materials are reduced with heat pasteurization.

Upcycling Producer Rescues Produce, Other Foods From Demise

Loop Mission is working to save fruits, vegetables, and a range of food byproduct from landfills. High pressure processing has been instrumental to achieving this circular economy model.

November 8, 2023

Loop Mission began as Loop Juice, focused on rescuing fruits and vegetables to make cold-pressed juices.

SunOpta Takes Aseptic Processing to New Level

As a greenfield plant, SunOpta has been able to take the best of everything from its three other plants and improve them further—from efficiencies and sustainability to sanitary design and safety.

August 2, 2023

The greenfield project enabled SunOpta to optimize production, improve the flexibility of its systems, and accommodate new product lines, including 330 mL protein drinks.

Processing Equipment

Johnsonville Achieves Order With Immersion Cook/Chill System

Struggling with a process that caused package damage and inconsistent cook times for its sausages, Johnsonville turned to FPS and its Spiral Immersion System.

August 1, 2023

With the Spiral Immersion System, product comes out in an orderly fashion—the same way it went in.

Optimizing Steam Traps Brings Conagra Significant Water and Energy Savings

Conagra Brands has received a ProFood World Sustainability Excellence in Manufacturing Award for second place in the project category.

July 31, 2023

Optimizing its steam traps, Conagra Brands’ Imlay City facility is saving almost 139,000 gallons of usable boiler feeder water each year.

Processing Equipment

Tips and Tools to Handle Ongoing Growth in Pet Food Processing

The pet food industry shows no sign of slowing down, so processors need a flexible manufacturing strategy to accommodate the volume and variety of product produced today.

June 7, 2023

According to the American Pet Products Association, $58.1 billion was spent on pet food and treats in 2022, projected to be $62.7 billion in 2023.

Evolution Fresh Teams With Hiperbaric to Automate HPP, Reduce Labor Injuries

High-pressure processing is essential for improving the taste and shelf life of cold-pressed juices. Partnering with Hiperbaric, Evolution Fresh made it a less labor-intensive operation.

February 22, 2023

At the loading and tilting station, bottled juices are loaded automatically into vessels.

Processing Equipment

ProMach Acquires TechniBlend

The deal strengthens ProMach’s capabilities in the processing solutions market to complement its robust packaging machinery portfolio and provide complete turnkey solutions across the entire production line.

February 17, 2022

Processing Equipment

HPP and PET Kegs Help Nourish Juice Bar Tap the Market

Watching cold brew and kombucha companies take their products to market in kegs, Nourish Juice Bar wanted to do the same. But it needed to merge high pressure processing from Hiperbaric with plastic kegs from Petainer.

January 31, 2022

Francine Covelli, founder of Nourish Juice Bar, jumped on the chance to get her juices into Petainer kegs, getting them to partner with Hiperbaric to enable high pressure processing in the containers.

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Products

Pick Sanitary Heater/Jet Cooker

Steam Injection Heater/Cooker

The Pick Sanitary Heater/Jet Cooker uses direct steam injection to provide a continuous, low-maintenance cooking solution that offers rapid, uniform, and energy-efficient heating.

TNA Solutions to Showcase Pellet Fryer and Intelligent Integrated Systems at PACK EXPO

Industrial Combination Oven