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Freeze Concentration - Equipment Series

A while back I wrote about pressure processing which was driven by the “fresher flavour” of juice that is not heated. Freeze concentration is driven by the same quality concerns and is an alternative to concentration by boiling off water. 

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This article from the Institute of Food Technologists [...]

Cleaning Process Vessels in Place – Free Online Information

The cleaning of tanks and other process vessels is a large part of the effort required to ensure a quality product. As well as the food safety considerations products with uncontrolled microbial load will be inconsistent in quality and quicker to spoil.

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This website provides useful information [...]

Milk Pateurisation – Free Online Technical Informatin

This simple 9 page website discusses and explains the process of pateurisation, the equipment used and the need for the pasteurisation of milk.

from: University of Guelph (click image for full story online)

The paper first defines the need for pasteurisation as being to protect public health and to manage the selflife of dairy [...]

Falling Film Evaporator – Equipment Series

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In falling film evaporators the liquid product (A) usually enters the evaporator at the head (1) of the evaporator. In the head the product is evenly distributed into the heating tubes. A thin film enters the heating tube are it flows downwards at boiling temperature and [...]

Spiral Heat Exchanger – Single Screenshot Series

from: Alfa Laval (click image for full story online)

Gravity Filling Equipment – Equipment Series

This nice and simple explanation of how gravity filling works is one of the many useful pieces of information on the APACKS website.

from: APACKS (click image for full story online)

This shows clearly how the fill volume is controlled by the very simple tactic of stopping the escape of air from above [...]

Interactive Fruit Juice Processing Spreadsheet

Here is an interesting online spreadsheet.

from: Hyfoma (click image to interact with spreadsheet online)

As well as allowing the user to remove the instrumentation of text for clarrity

the instruments shown are linked through to a brief description of the instrument and its principle of operation.

Interesting from the Food Processing [...]

Aseptic Filling Machine – Equipment Series

Aseptically packaged milk and juice has probably had the biggest impact of any technology in the beverages industry in the last 50 years.

One of the packaging machines of the Tetrapak, the company that started the trend by fabricating an aseptic machine, is pictured below.

 

from: TetraPak (click image for full story [...]

Food Drying – An Overview With Good Links

This is a short 10 page note from The National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service . It summarises the various drying technologies applicable to food drying in a concise manner, supporting this with some cost information.

 

from: ATTRA (click image for full story online)

 

It then focusses on the potential of drying as a [...]

Chosing a Packaging System

Here is a nice note and flow diagram that guides the user in things they should consider when choosing a packaging system.

 

from: Food Science Central (click image for full story online)