Cooking and sterilising food with autoclaves is essential to ensure the safety, quality and shelf life of products in the food industry. This is especially true in sectors such as tinned vegetables and pre-cooked pulses, where autoclaves are crucial to delivering safe, tasty products with...
Just like any other food, pre-cooked pulses must be safe. To ensure this is the case, following best practices in all phases of the creation process is crucial: from production at the factory to handling in retail and/or food service outlets. All of them face...
Pulses are basic foods which are necessary in any diet. Such is the case that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recommends eating them 2-3 times a week. They are a rich source of essential nutrients, such as proteins. They also...
Creating technical data sheets for food products is an essential process in the food industry. Technical data sheets are documents detailing all the information about a food: from the ingredients to legal issues. Besides being an absolute requirement in order to market any type of...
After a year of uncertainty due to inflation, drought, legislative changes and rising energy, raw material and ancillary material costs, the food industry heads into 2024 with various challenges ahead. Over the next 12 months, food manufacturers are to face a number of obstacles which...
The nutrition information of a foodstuff is determined through laboratory tests and calculations based on the composition of ingredients. The nutrition values are essential in the food industry as they guide consumers to make informed dietary and health choices. The technological advances in recent years have...
Pre- cooked lentils or canned lentils are one of the essential legumes in the diet of practically all cultures and societies in the world. The food industry has facilitated its consumption thanks to the canning sector, which has managed to maintain its demand by adapting...
Pre-cooked beans or tinned beans are some of the most popular pre-cooked pulses in the world. But, how exactly are pre-cooked beans manufactured? The process is made up of six steps: reception, hydration, cooking, packaging, sterilization and labelling. After all that, the distribution phase begins to...