Salads & Herbs
Extending Shelf Life & Quality by Removing Ethylene
Freshness like picking from your garden
Freshness like picking from your garden
Many salad baby leaf and herb products have quite short shelf life this is partly associated to the critical levels of ethylene being exceeded in the storage and packing environments. The critical level for ethylene for many salads is 100ppb levels above this can create ethylene senescence of chlorophyll coupled with increased respiration.
The preceding factors can create a reduction in cell wall strength which will severely affect the turgidity of the product and the fresh look of the product. Our process is completely natural and has no chemicals as part of this process.
The air purification process is a low cost solution with low maintenance it is environmentally safe and it improves food safety for the consumers. We can reduce the pathogen loading on these fresh products improving the shelf life of the goods in the supply chain.
This process sits within the Integrated crop management tools available to your business and can help promote a more sustainable approach to crop production and marketing. It can have a small offset on your C02 emissions by helping to reduce run hours on fridges.
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Benefits
Of Using Our PCO Systems
Improved colour
Improved colour by chlorophyll retention
Less decay
Less decay
Fresher looking
Fresher looking
Increased shelf life
Increased shelf life
Improved consumer safety
Improved consumer safety by reducing the risk from Salmonells, Listeria, E Coli
Reduces weight loss
Reduces weight loss
Natural process
Natural process, no chemicals involved
Smart, inexpensive solution
Smart solution which is inexpensive per unit being passed through the store or pack house
Testimonials
By our valued clients
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Technical Manager, Commercial Flower Company
I most certainly would recommend the White air system in the retention of quality and of market management of the product.
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Pig Farmer
After a very short while we observed better air quality and the pigs were most certainly performing better.
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Technical Manager
We have now been using the PCO technology for 3 years to remove ethylene gas and other fungal and bacterial pathogens from brassica crops in our cold storage rooms with positive results in terms of improved storage life and quality.