The new AZTI-Tecnalia centre offers companies a pilot plant covering an area of close to 1000 square metres to reproduce industrial processes on a pilot scale.

• Processes and technologies aimed at conserving, stabilising and decontaminating food products.

• Technologies for the comprehensive development of Intermediate, Semi-Processed, Processed, Restructured and Similar Food Products.

• Management systems for waste and by-products

Food preservation, stabilisation and decontamination processes and technologies:

Freezing processes:

• Cryogenic system
• CAS (Cell Alive System) freezing system
• Freeze drying
• Deep freezing using Nitrogen

Pasteurisation processes:

• Microwave
• Pasteuriser/Furnace
• CSD (Controlled Sudden Decompression)
• High pressure equipment (static and dynamic)

Sterilisation processes:

• High pressure + high temperature
• Light pulses (water, certain packaging)
• Autoclave

Surface processes:

• Light pulses (solid, opaque liquid)
• CSD

Packaging processes:

• Modified atmosphere ("bell" packaging, "skin" system and tray heat sealer)

• Active packaging: antibacterial and/or antioxidant ("bell" packaging and "skin" system)

Storage chambers:

• Temperature, humidity and controlled atmosphere

Dehydration processes:

• Freeze drying
• Atomisation drying
• Vacuum drying
• Compressed air drying
• Microwave drying

Encapsulation/immobilisation processes:

• Atomisation solidification
• Flow focusing

Decontamination technologies and reduction of chemical and biological risks:

• Light pulses (solid, opaque liquid, certain packaging)
• CSD
• Pasteuriser/Furnace
• High pressure equipment (static and dynamic)
• Microwaves

On-line control of products and/or processes:

• Vision
• Colour Analysis
• NIR
• Microwaves

Automation for classification:

• 4B articulated robot
• Vision
• Colour Analysis
• NIR
• Microwaves
• Conveyor belts
  

Technologies for the integral development of Intermediate, Semi-elaborated, Elaborated, Restructured and Analogous Foods

Co-extrusion line for the elaboration of analogous and restructured foods, filled semi-elaborated/elaborated products:

• Cleaning and trimming machine
• Double chamber vacuum cutter
• Vacuum kneading machine
• Mixer/blender
• Module system for prepared and moulded products
• Stuffers
• Forming machines

• Centrifuge

Line for heating treatments of prepared meals and preserves:

• Pasteuriser
• Tilt-swing steriliser
• Cooling unit
• Cryogenic freezing with Nitrogen at -80ºC
• Refrigeration and freezing chambers to store raw materials and final products

Acclimatised packing room with packaging systems:

• Bag packaging equipment (vacuum and protective atmosphere)
• Tray packaging equipment (vacuum, protective atmosphere, skin)
• Can packaging equipment
  

Revaluation of residues and by-products systems

• Pilot plant for anaerobic digestion
• Membrane filtration technologies: Microfiltration, ultra-filtration, nano-filtration and inverse osmosis.
• Jar-Test
• Pilot equipment of Supercritical Fluids
  

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