High pressure processing has been covered in FE since 2003 (at least online) when researchers were still testing the process in 35-liter vessels. Today, HPP has come a long way, with systems able to process as little as a few liters in a single batch to more than 500 liters at a time. Hiperbaric recently released a new machine concept for processing liquid in bulk; it’s capable of processing up to 10,000 liters per hour when equipped with two processing chambers of 525-liter volume.
The Hiperbaric 525 Bulk and 1050 Bulk systems have one thing in common—Carole Tonello-Samson. She is the commercial and applications director for Hiperbaric with more than 25 years’ experience in HPP. She oversees the company’s global scientific and technological support for HPP users and leads the business development of Hiperbaric’s new in-bulk technology and new 525 and 1050 Bulk HPP machines. She holds a Ph.D. in food science on the effects of HPP on inactivation of microorganisms.