Tuna precooking optimization software

Optimize your tuna precooking process to maximize yield and enhance product quality by scientifically managing cooking variables in real-time.

Optimizes Tuna Precooking and Enhances Yield

The TunaCAL™ mathematical modeling software from JBT offers an advanced solution for optimizing the tuna precooking process, specifically designed for seafood and tuna processing industries. This software stands out by automatically adjusting for real-time product variables, enabling precise control over the cooking profile to reduce cooking losses, minimize oxidation, and improve loin quality. The TunaCAL™ is suitable for applications involving tuna steaks, loins, and flakes, as well as cooked poultry and seafood products. By leveraging traditional cooling cycle heat, the TunaCAL™ achieves significant energy and water savings. This system integrates seamlessly into high-speed, continuous operations and is straightforward to incorporate within existing production lines.

Benefits

  • Enhances product yield by minimizing cooking losses.
  • Improves loin quality and consistency, reducing the need for extensive skinning labor.
  • Decreases oxidation to preserve product freshness and color.
  • Achieves energy and water savings by utilizing existing cooling cycles.
  • Automates real-time adjustments, streamlining production processes.

General


Applications
Seafood,Meat,Poultry,Tuna processing
End products
Prepared chicken breasts,Tuna steaks,Tuna flakes,Canned tuna,Processed meat chunks,Tuna loins,Cooked poultry cuts,Marinated fish portions,Cooked seafood fillets
Steps before
Tuna Procurement,Tuna Preparation,Brining,Marination
Steps after
Tuna Packaging,Canning,Labeling,Quality Control
Input ingredients
raw tuna,tuna loins
Output ingredients
cooked tuna,optimized tuna loins,high yield tuna
Market info
JBT is known for manufacturing innovative industrial machinery and solutions, particularly in the food processing and air transportation sectors, renowned for their advanced technology, reliability, and customer-focused engineered-to-order solutions tailored to specific industry needs.

Technical Specifications


Automation
Automatic adjustment
Energy savings
Significant savings
Oxidation
Virtually eliminated
Consistency
Improved yield and quality
Cooking profile
Accurate adjustment

Operating Characteristics


Automation level
Automatic/Real-time Adjustments
Batch vs. continuous operation
Continuous Operation
Energy efficiency
Significant Savings
Cleaning method
CIP/Manual
Process control
Mathematical Modeling
Yield Optimization
Yes

Material Compatibility


Corrosive resistance (e.g. acids)
Yes
Biological compatibility
Food-safe
Cleanability
CIP compatible
Oxidation resistance
High
Heat resistance
Compatible with high-temperature cycle

Custom Options


Control panel type
Touchscreen HMI
Energy efficiency
Significant energy savings