Deli 24 doubles processing capacity in UK

UK-based high-pressure processing (HPP) services provider Deli 24 has doubled its processing capacity by making fresh investments in new machinery.

Based in Milton Keynes, Deli 24 invested £2m in a new 420l HPP machine to operate alongside its existing 420l and 135l machines.

HPP processing inactivates food spoilage organisms and pathogens while maintaining the flavour and nutrition of the product.

Deli 24 managing director Jeff Winter said: “We have seen substantial growth in the number of products which are benefitting from the considerable advantages afforded by HPP.

“Juices have proved a particularly important developing market with the opportunity that HPP offers to extend the shelf life of a fresh juice, for example, from five days to 120 days while retaining the all-important fresh individual taste and colour which is often not the case with heat treatment or the addition of preservatives.

“Recently, we have also seen functional drinks aimed at the burgeoning wellness market using our toll-based HPP services, recognising the benefits of a process, which extends the shelf life while having no effect on the flavour or the nutritional properties of the product.”

Since its inception in 2010, Deli 24 has doubled its production capacity from the initial 135l HPP machine to a 420l machine that was installed in 2014. Later, the company installed another 420l machine.

Deli 24 director Paul Winter said: “This investment in another machine has been made to allow us to meet this increase in demand.”