HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING
Promatec Food Ventures: De presentatie Fruit&Juices 2009

INDEX
1) High Pressure Processing: interest of an emerging NTP
2) Commercial applications: focus on fruit products
3) Industrial equipment: advances in design
4) Conclusion

Introduction
Evolution of HPP industrial machines installed on continents
128
112
93
Ocea nia 79
Asia 71
Eur opa 64
Am er ica 49
Tota l
37 31
28
19 8
21
11
7 7
11 10 6
9 8 7 3 5
7 7 7 6 3 0
7 7 5 3 3 4 3 1
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90

HPP user companies profile
65 different HPP users companies (from whom we have data) all over the
world
Ver y sm a ll < 10
Gr oup > 5000 3; 5%
11; 18%
10< Sm a ll< 50
1250< Ver y 19; 31%
La r g e< 5000
6; 10%
250< La r g e< 1250
13; 21% 50< Med ium < 250
9; 15%

Equipment and industrial production in the
world
130 HPP equipment
65 companies
Production in 2008 : >150 000 tons

Industrial HPP users versus food industries
% total number of machines % total vessel volume
Meat products
40%
Mea t products
Vegeta ble products 28%
34%
Vegeta ble products
30%
Seafood a nd fish
Sea food a nd fish
14%
12%
Juices a nd bevera ges
Juices a nd bevera ges Others products
17% Others products
12% 6%
7%

COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING

HPP commercial products
Meat products
• Destruction of pathogens : Listeria, Samonella, coliforms…
• Shelf life increase
• Stabilisation of preservative-free or low salt content products
EXAMPLES
Country Products
Spa in Sliced cooked ha m a nd “ta pa s”
USA Sliced cooked products a nd proscuitto ha m
USA Poultry products
USA Pre- cooked chicken a nd beef strips
Spa in Sliced cooked chicken, ha m a nd turkey
products, Serra no cured ha m
Ita ly Proscuitto ha m, sa la mi & pa ncetta
Germa ny Cured a nd smoked sliced and diced ha m
Ja pa n N itrites- free ba con, sa usa ges a nd sliced mea t
USA Rea dy- to- ea t mea t ba sed products
Spa in Cured mea t products & Serra no ham
Ca na da Cured mea t products
USA Whole roa sted chicken
USA Sliced cooked turkey a nd chicken

HPP commercial products
Shellfish and fish
• Shelf life increase
• Opening seafood shell
• Easy shellfish meat extraction
• Sanitization (inactivation of Vibrio)
EXAMPLES
Country Products
USA O ysters
USA O ysters
USA O ysters
USA O ysters
Canada Seafood
Canada Lobsters
N. Zealand Mussels shucking for meds
Italy Desalted cod
Spain Ready-to-eat salmon, hake & tuna
USA Lobsters
Korea Shellfish
Canada Seafood

HPP commercial products
Vegetable products
• Sanitisation and shelf life increase.
• Preservation of colour, flavour and vitamins.
• Reduction of the starch retrogradation of the rice.
• Reduction of PPO activity in avocado.
EXAMPLES
Country Products
Japan Fruit jams and fruit and vegetable sauces
Japan Pre-cooked & hypoallergenic rice
USA Avocado products : guacamole, sauces
Italy Fruit jams
USA Avocado products
Mexico Avocado products
Mexico Avocado products
Mexico Avocado products
USA Sliced onions
Canada Apple products : jam and sauce
USA Tofu
Spain RTE vegetable meals
USA Tomato sauces

Commercial HPP products
Fresh Fruit Products & Juices
• Sanitisation and shelf life increase
• Destruction of pathogens
• Preservation of colour, flavour & vitamins
of freshly squeezed fruits EXAMPLES
Country Product
Japan Grapefruit juice
Japan Mandarin juice
France Citrus juices
Mexico Citrus juices and smoothies
L ebanon Fruit juices
USA Apple juice
Portugal Apple & citrus blended apple juice
Italy Fruit and vegetable juices
USA Orange juice, lemonade and smoothies
Czech Republic Broccoli & apple, beetroot, carrot juices
Northern Ireland Smoothies

HPP: COLD PASTEURISATION FOR
QUALITY JUICES AND FRUITS
Value propositions
• CLEAN LABEL
The NATURAL • No artificial ingredients: meet new standard of identity
appeal • Consumers associate natural with quality
• Reduced costs from product failures and returns
Address spoilage • Through abuse, lengthy supply chain, or retail overstocking
• Identify 20% of production that is causing 80% of bad goods
and returns
• Increase factory utilisation by square curving production
• Reach new markets from existing factory
Exploit capacity
• Extend supply chain and leverage existing supplies

Value propositions
• Destruction of pathogens
FOOD SAFETY
• Brand protection
• Safest alternative for high risk products
• Secure your authorisation to the most demanding
countries
EXPORTS • USA, Japan
• EU becoming more restrictive on Listeria etc
• New, unique products further than packaging changes
NPD
• Think about things that you could not do before
OPPORTUNITIES
• Access value added niche markets

HPP OF FRUIT PREPARATIONS
Japan: The first commercial products

HPP OF FRUIT PREPARATIONS and JUICES
Italy: fresh quality fruit pureès and juices

HPP OF FRUIT PREPARATIONS and JUICES
The new challenge: HPP fruit for the dairy industry

LARGE BAGS OF HPP FRUIT PREPARATIONS

HPP FRUIT PREPARATIONS: COULIS

HPP EQUIPMENT FOR DAIRY PRODUCTS
FONTERRA (NZ)

HPP EQUIPMENT DESIGN
Specially designed for the food
industry
Safe, ergonomic, reliable
Clean and evironmentally
friendly

HORIZONTAL DESIGN
Improves traceability
Easy installation
The current industrial standard for HPP solutions

HIGH PRESSURE VESSEL
Wire-winding
Long life
Lighter weight
Safety

HIGH PRESSURE INTENSIFIERS
Low energy consumption
New pump configurations
Piston
Plunger
Check valves

LOADING & UNLOADING
Automation Integrated lines

EVOLUTION
Faster cycle times
Greater size and throughput
Design, materials, reliability

Wave 6000 / 55
Ideal equipment for small productions, product development,
market tests

Wave 6000 / 135
Ideal for medium productions, its big diameter chamber allows
processing big size products (whole hams e.g.)

Wave 6000 / 300
Our best-selling, high production equipment

THE TANDEM CONCEPT
2 machines working together
Shared intensifiers
Increased throughput

Wave 6000/420
The biggest capacity, higher production equipment available
Up to 2 Tons/hour
8 pressure intensifiers
380 mm diameter for
optimum filling ratio

NC Hyperbaric thanks
Thanks to all our clients in Europe, America, Asia and Oceania
who made NC Hyperbaric the world market leader of HPP industrial
food equipment, since 2005.
See next slide for contactdetails

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
FRANCISCO PURROY, DVM
Technical Sales Manager
+34 626623049
f.purroy@nchyperbaric.es
NC Hyperbaric is represented in the Benelux by:
Mark de Boevere
Promatec Food Ventures BV
Rootven 24a
NL-5531 MB Bladel
T: +31 (0)497 33 00 57
E: mark.deboevere@promatecfoodventures.com
I: www.promatecfoodventures.com