Aseptic flash cooling for tomato and fruit concentrates

In the production of tomato and fruit concentrates, maintaining product quality while achieving high production volumes is critical. Traditional cooling methods can lead to product degradation and frequent maintenance issues, posing significant challenges for food processors aiming for long-term aseptic operations.

Ensures continuous aseptic processing and minimizes product degradation

The FranRica™ Aseptic Flash Cooler by JBT utilizes direct steam injection and thermal flash in a vacuum environment for aseptic cooling of tomato and fruit concentrates. This innovative approach eliminates the scaling-related problems often encountered with heat exchangers. The Flash Cooler offers high production throughput ranging from 3,500 to 60,000 kg/h, ensuring minimal product degradation. Its design includes few moving parts, making it simple to operate and repair, while ensuring low maintenance costs. It is specifically tailored for long-term aseptic operations, making it an ideal choice for the fruits and nuts, and juices and beverages industries.

Benefits

  • Handles high production volumes up to 60,000 kg/h
  • Eliminates exchange surface scaling issues
  • Facilitates long-term aseptic operations
  • Minimizes product degradation
  • Requires low maintenance with few moving parts