Racing to provide fresh, cold-pressed juice

Green Plant has provided beverages to crowds of visitors at a Formula 1 event in Miami thanks to its use of specialised equipment from Hiperbaric and Petainer that allowed it to sustainably pasteurise and serve cold-pressed juice.

Green Plant had been using Hiperbaric machinery — specifically the Hiperbaric 420 — to produce its cold-pressed juice using high pressure processing (HPP) and adopted new equipment from the high-pressure technology company to enable to it serve the revved-up crowds at the Miami Grand Prix. HPP is a technique that applies cold water and high pressure to packaged foods and drinks to destroy harmful pathogens without the use of preservatives or other chemicals. It also extends product shelf life and enhances taste and nutrition.

In order to reduce the amount of waste hundreds of small bottles of juice could produce, Green Power opted to use large, refillable kegs from Petainer that were designed to be processed through the Hiperbaric HPP machinery. These kegs were filled with enough fresh juice for crowds of people and they then underwent the HPP technique. The result was that large numbers of people were provided with cold-pressed, pasteurised juice but without the need for many individual bottles to be produced and processed.

Additionally, the kegs themselves are made of recycled materials, and the HPP method uses only water and electricity, thus making the whole operation a more sustainable one.

“With this new acquisition, we continue to serve our Florida customers and hope to take on new customers and retail partners,” said Federico Intriago, Green Plant owner.

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