Canned Goods
The airtight sealing of foods in containers in association with heat and/or chemical treatments is a very
effective method of preserving food. Foods such as fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, or a combination of these
foods (e.g. meat and vegetable condensed soup, sauces and fruit salad) can be stored safely in airtight sealed
containers.
How are canned foods made commercially?
Canned foods are washed, prepared and filled into metal containers along with a canning fluid (e.g. water, salted
water or fruit juice). The food is heat treated to produce a commercially sterile shelf-stable product with an
air-tight (vacuum) seal. Heat treatment kills organisms that may spoil the food or cause food-borne illnesses.
Contents remain commercially sterile until the container is opened and the vacuum seal is broken.
Foods in the packaging below are often processed in a similar way to canned foods, and like canned foods are usually highly
perishable after opening:
- Glass jars
- Plastic tubs
- Flexible pouches
- UHT cartons
Our product offering and technical know- how covers the following application areas:
Jams
Functionality |
Product Portfolio |
Texture, stability, mouthfeel |
Texturisers |
Fruit
Functionality |
Product Portfolio |
Texture |
Texturisers |
Soups
Functionality |
Product Portfolio |
Fill viscosity, suspension of particulates |
Starches |
Loss of viscosity after retorting |
Starches |
Provide viscosity and mouthfeel |
Guar gums, starches, xanthan gums |
Controls fat migration after retorting |
Lecithins |
Provides low relative sweetness, bodying agent |
Maltodextrin |
Meats
Functionality |
Product Portfolio |
Texture, stability |
Dehydrated vegetable powders, herbs, spices, flavouring Phosphates |
Gravies
Functionality |
Product Portfolio |
Texture, mouthfeel |
Dehydrated vegetable powders, herbs, spices, flavouring |
Vegetables
Functionality |
Product Portfolio |
Texture, mouthfeel, flavour enhancement |
Dehydrated vegetable powders, herbs, spices, flavouring, starch |
Fish
Functionality |
Product Portfolio |
Texture, stability |
Starches, herbs, stabilisers, spices |