Multivac announced that SFP Light is available with immediate effect for MULTIVAC thermoforming packaging machines. The company says the system packs hot products without a vacuum source. This is different from other solutions that contain some residual air when packaging hot food, which can adversely affect the shelf life.
When vacuum packing hot products, some residual air with 21% oxygen content always remains in the header space, which can reduce the shelf life of the food. “Many caterers and kitchens therefore let the hot food cool down before vacuum packing. Or they use active cooling. But by doing this, they lose either time or energy,” says Dominik Eberhard, product manager for thermoforming packaging machines at MULTIVAC. “In order to ease the burden on caterers and kitchens, we have launched a new steam flushing system for small to medium batch sizes onto the market, and this is called SFP Light.” SFP is an abbreviation for Steam Flush Packaging, and the steam flushing system enables hot food to be vacuum packed directly after cooking.