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Natural fresh fruit and vegetable puree with long shelf life

Posted 14 March, 2014
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Logo_PurePulse_kfwThe mild preservation method PurePulse from CoolWave Processing has been associated with juices until now. Test results from the Dutch company CoolWave Processing show that this technology can also treat very well fruit and vegetable purees. The fresh flavour and colour are maintained and there is no need for additives. This makes it possible for food manufacturers and catering to use readymade natural fruit and vegetable purees with the quality of freshly produced.

Readymade fresh puree treated with PurePulse is 100% natural and shows improvement in the quality and convenience compared to the current range of readymade purees. The purees also has a fresher taste and is more sustainable than frozen puree. Heating breaks down the fresh taste and colour. Most of the time a binding agent is added, because the enzymes, like pectin, which naturally has binding properties, are lost during the process. The disadvantage of frozen puree, is that the distribution of frozen food is expensive and less sustainable, and there is also the possibility that flavour will be lost.

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