Tomato processing

Tomatoes are used in countless food products, involving many different types of processing. Alfa Laval provides solutions to efficiently handle and process tomatoes into various products, such as tomato paste, tomato puree, tomato sauce etc. Alfa Laval's tomato processing solutions are aimed at helping to maximize yield, reduce waste, and maintain the nutritional and sensory qualities of tomato-based products.

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Advantages Of Alfa Laval Tomato Processing Lines 

  • Versatile in capacity lines: ability to handle from small to large quantities of incoming product (from 100tonnes/24 to 600 tones/24) with one single line for tomato paste. 

  • Flexible and multipurpose lines: it is possible to process different fruits in the same process line, Alfa Laval has delivered 11 different kinds of fruits and vegetables in same line.

  • Delicate treatment: minimum thermal stress on the product due to low temperatures in the evaporator.

  • Sustainable Performance: Long uninterrupted production cycles, Maximum yield thanks to a minimum production waste, Water saving efficient technology. 

  • Service Backup: Alfa Laval has highly trained service engineers placed in different regions in addition to the online monitoring system which ensures continuous production.

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Sterilizer

The STERITHERM VLA is a pre-assembled skid-mounted process module for the sterilization of fruit and vegetable pureeā€™s single strength or concentrate. The module is connected to aseptic filler and/or aseptic tanks. It is capable of matching variations in filler demand and offers accurate control at all times of pasteurization parameters to ensure consistent, accurate and uniform product treatment.

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Evaporation

Alfa Laval has a versatile evaporator designed for concentration of a wide range of viscous fruit Juices. The concentration is done under vacuum by heating, the product with specially designed calandria and flashed vessel in a highly efficient cyclone separators. The product is not boil inside the heat exchanger.

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