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Pasteurisation: a food industry practical guide |
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Practical guidance on the uses and limitations of flexible packaging for heat processed foods Adopt best practice in the use of pasteurisation with food and drink products to help assure food safety and maximise product quality Pasteurisation has assumed greater prominence in food processing and preservation, as a result of the move towards minimally processed foods. Applied to foods as diverse as dairy products, drinks, fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, sauces, meals, baked goods and extruded products, pasteurisation can be delivered ‘in-pack’ or to products that are heat processed before being clean/aseptically filled. Pasteurisation is a set of heat treatment options - ranging from 60°C to 115°C - rather than a single, uniformly applied heat treatment.The heat process delivered through pasteurisation depends not only on the material being processed but on other contributory preservation factors - such as pH, storage temperature, pack atmosphere and water activity. This practical guide explains the principles of pasteurisation and considers its use in the context of a range of manufacturing options in relation to product pH, hurdle technology, curing, multicomponent foods, mixed particulates, hot filling and product cooling. It also explains how pasteurisation processes should be validated and tabulates a list of typical pasteurisation treatments, while emphasising that the heat treatment delivered needs to be assessed on a product-by-product basis. Contents Principles of pasteurisation
Manufacturing operations
Food products – examples of typical heat treatments Softcover – 71 pages ISBN 13 978 0 905942 89 6 |