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Shelf life > Pasteurization

Extended refrigerated shelf life through microwave pasteurization.

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Secondary packaging is a paperboard sleeve.

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Video | April 27, 2012

'Breakthrough' pasteurization technology for chilled ready meals

At Anuga FoodTec, Hakan Pettersson, managing director of MicVac, describes what he calls a “breakthrough innovation technology” for chilled ready meals. The MicVac process allows raw or partially pre-cooked ingredients to be microwave-pasteurized in-pack. The process is said to allow for greater product quality, color, taste, texture, vitamin content, and shelf life.

By Anne Marie Mohan, Senior Editor

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