Interested in extending product shelf-life and saving on utilities costs at the same time? High Pressure Processing – or HPP – from JBT Avure is a pasteurization technology that offers these and many more benefits to food and beverage processors. But another, perhaps less well- known benefit, is that HPP can also improve the overall sustainability of a business.
Let’s start with how HPP works. By subjecting products to extremely high water pressure, up to 6,000 bar / 87,000 psi – that’s more than the deepest ocean – Avure HPP effectively neutralizes a range of deadly bacteria, including listeria, salmonella and E. coli.
At the same time, this clean-label technology can extend the shelf-life of most foods from 60 to 180 days: that’s as much as two or four times longer than traditional preservation methods. And HPP also has the advantage of maintaining the natural nutrition, freshness, texture, and flavor of most foods.
Sustainable benefits
However, one of the lesser-known benefits of adopting HPP technology is the significant sustainability benefits that it can bring to a business.
“HPP creates less waste by extending product shelf-life, while also enabling you to make utilities savings,” says Kevin Kennedy, Regional Sales Manager for JBT Avure HPP. “The equipment is optimized for better energy use allowing customers to reduce utility costs, plus 85% of the water pumped through the system is reused for the next batch.
“We also have had some customers say to us that they have even been able to reduce the wastage/shrinkage clauses with retailers, so everybody wins!”
Here’s how Avure HPP can help make your operation more sustainable:
- Food and packaging waste: is reduced by extending product shelf-life.
- Cutting running times: higher production machines reduce the number of hours actually run.
- Lower energy consumption: per pound of food produced with high throughput systems.
- Recycling friendly: HPP process suitable for use of most recyclable packaging.
- Water efficiency: 85% of the process water used is recycled for the next machine cycle.
- Bulk packaging innovations: A future bulk packaging option continues to be developed which will further increase throughput, lower system and energy use and give flexibility to alternative packaging options.