Effytec provides the ultraclean technology to package baby food

Founded in Hawaii in 1851, Dole Food Company is one of the world’s largest producers and marketers of fresh fruit and vegetables, including a growing line of packaged and frozen foods.

One of Dole’s products is fruit puree products designed for the baby food market, packaged in a 90 g doypack pouch with top valves. This product requires a stringent hygiene process and high integrity of the pouch seal that preserves the product inside the pouch.

Charged with packaging the baby puree was Dole’s contract packaging company Aseptia. Seeking a safe and hygienic packaging process for the product, it selected Effytec’s HB-20 Duplex Pouch Filling Machine.

The solution provided included the installation of a laminar flow system over the machine area and hydrogen peroxide equipment for sterilisation of the valves and packaging equipment. Effytec’s patented triple sealing system is able to provide 100% sealing accuracy.

The product filling system comprises two inductive flowmeters with special nozzles for pasty hot filling (85°C) and a pressurised heated hopper with agitation of the product. The production speed of the machine is 110–120 pouches/min.

Effytec is represented in Oceania by HBM Packaging Technologies.