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Section: Food Safety > Sterilization/Pasteurization
Food Safety
Dairy Cows Found Infected With Avian Flu
Cattle in Texas and Kansas have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza. Milk supply remains safe and in good supply, according to the USDA.
March 27, 2024
Dairy Cows Getty Images 1470677566
Food Safety
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.
Sustainability
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.
Manufacturing Innovation Award
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.
Heating, Cooling and Freezing
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.
Sustainability
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.
Robotics
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
Live at the Craft Brew Conference: Is the Pint Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
Pandemic-related channel shifts subsided in 2021, and on-premise sales bounced back, but there are both encouraging and concerning signs for the craft brew industry. Brewers Association's Bart Watson captures the landscape in his State of the Industry.
May 4, 2022
The Brewing Association's Economist Bart Watson delivers the good news and the bad news in Minneapolis.
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.
Processing Equipment
Flexible HPP System Processes Both Bulk and Packaged Products
FlexiBulk high pressure processing equipment from JBT Avure can handle bulk bags in one basket while processing individually packaged products in another, improving speed and pack efficiency.
November 30, 2021
The FlexiBulk can fill bags in baskets while other bags are being pressed and unfilled.
Processing Equipment
PET Kegs Meet High Pressure Processing
Hiperbaric teamed up with Petainer, putting its One Way PET Keg under pressure to enable the cold-pressed juice market to take advantage of keg dispensing.
October 4, 2021
The cylindrical shape of the PET kegs adapts well to the processing chamber of the Hiperbaric HPP in-pack units.
Processing Equipment
Health-Based a Top Trend in High Pressure Processing
HPP touches on the better-for-you and clean-label consumer trends, as well as sustainably utilizing perishable produce, and the growing pet food market.
October 4, 2021
HPP aligns with consumer health trends
Processing Equipment
Improve Processing of Plant-Based Proteins in the Manufacture of Meat Substitutes
Continuous-process systems are essential to preparation for plant-based meat substitute processing to maintain precise control over time, temperature, and moisture during hydration, cooking and cooling, de-flavoring, pouch cooling after pasteurization.
March 1, 2021
The Clean-Flow cooker-cooler addresses quick changeovers, and faster clean-up and turn-around time.
PEC 2020
Plant-Based Food Trends and HPP
Consumers are demanding more organic plant-based products, and High Pressure Processing (HPP) can improve product safety by inactivating foodborne pathogens and extending product shelf life.
November 11, 2020
Errol Raghubeer, PhD, Sr. VP- Microbiology Food Technology at JBT Corporation
Pumps/Valves
How to Select the Optimal Valve for Beverage Processing
Controlling the temperature during heating and cooling in beverage processing plays a critical role in pasteurization, sterilization, cooking, fermentation and many other beverage applications. The proper valve can precisely control your process.
November 2, 2020
Wineries sometimes face potentially unreliable yields, and any issues that compromise batches during extended fermentation periods equate to several years’ worth of lost time, materials and cost. This where the proper valve selection is crucial. Photo courtesy of Emerson Automation Solutions.
Processing Equipment
In-Bulk HPP Juices Up Fresh Quality for French Firm
The world’s first commercial line for in-bulk high pressure processing represents a breakthrough technology that delivers increased output, cost savings, and sustainable value for Hermes Boissons.
August 24, 2020
Hiperbaric’s 525 in-bulk machine processes twice the amount of beverage product per cycle than traditional in-pack HPP equipment.
COVID-19
Sales Spike for HPP Products During COVID-19 Pandemic
Consumers in quarantine are snapping up HPP food and beverages because they offer extended shelf life and food safety as they wait out the crisis.
June 18, 2020
During the COVID-19 crisis, Just Made recently experienced a 50% to 60% increase in the sales of its cold-pressed juices, which undergo HPP.
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