Bertuzzi's new Continuous Plant.

A whole variety of sauces and seasonings can be prepared on a new continuous plant that was on display at the recent Anuga FoodTec exhibition.

With this system, preprocessed raw materials are precisely dosed according to the recipe, and careful homogenization is carried out in a deoxygenated environment with final pasteurization before filling into glass jars, or alternatively, the product can be finally sterilized and aseptically packed in bag-in-box packaging in volumes ranging from 5 to 10kg.

The makers, Alberto Bertuzzi SpA of Viale Europa 11, 20047 Brugherio, MI, Italy, fax:[phone], tell us this plant has a medium capacity from 250 to 1000kg per hour.

As they say, all ingredients are weighed by a mechanical/electronic system and the data are managed by the PLC in the unit's control system. To ensure utmost hygiene, the entire plant is fabricated in stainless steel or under modified atmosphere. The plant is capable of carrying out a full working cycle, from mixing to packing in glass jars or a bag-in-box system, and includes ultra rapid pasteurization by indirect exchange through scraped surface heat exchangers, which ensure organoleptic integrity and homogeneity.