{"id":1706,"date":"2022-03-07T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2022-03-07T10:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/active-oxygens-sustainability.evonik.com\/artikel\/fuer-gesunde-lebensmittel-mit-hohem-naehrwert-und-viel-geschmack\/"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:48:18","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T09:48:18","slug":"delivering-healthy-food-with-high-nutritional-value-and-plenty-of-flavor","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/active-oxygens-sustainability.evonik.com\/en\/articles\/delivering-healthy-food-with-high-nutritional-value-and-plenty-of-flavor\/","title":{"rendered":"Deliv\u00ader\u00ading healthy food with high nutri\u00adtional value and plenty of flavor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Deliv\u00ader\u00ading healthy food with high nutri\u00adtional value and plenty of flavor<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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The pack\u00adag\u00ading indus\u00adtry is search\u00ading for envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally compat\u00adi\u00adble solu\u00adtions in order to give all kinds of foods extended shelf lives not involv\u00ading preser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives or refrig\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. Hydro\u00adgen perox\u00adide supplied by Evonik Active Oxygens enables manu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders to save resources at many levels.<\/h4>\n

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A<\/span>n orange juice or straw\u00adberry shake as a healthy refresh\u00adment between meals: prac\u00adti\u00adcally portioned, sustain\u00adably pack\u00adaged, a long shelf life and safe to consume \u2013 increas\u00ading customer demands on food and bever\u00adage pack\u00adag\u00ading are constantly confronting manu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders with new chal\u00adlenges. After all, consumers wish to fit read\u00adily avail\u00adable meals into their daily routines. At the same time, their aware\u00adness of the envi\u00adron\u00adment and a healthy, sustain\u00adable lifestyle is increasing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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However, bever\u00adages like milk, fruit juices or non-carbon\u00adated soft drinks will spoil within a few days if not chilled during trans\u00adported and stor\u00adage. Refrig\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion needs energy and has a nega\u00adtive envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal impact. But if a yoghurt drink no longer tastes fresh or is even spoiled, it quickly ends up in the trash can. Some eleven million tons of food are thrown away every year just in German house\u00adholds. Accord\u00ading to a report<\/a> by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agri\u00adcul\u00adture, six million CO2<\/sub>-equiv\u00ada\u00adlent<\/a> tons of green\u00adhouse gas emis\u00adsions could be saved in Germany if this waste were to be halved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Safe food<\/h5>\n

An esti\u00admate by the World Health Orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion (WHO)<\/a> shows how impor\u00adtant safe food is. Accord\u00ading to this, every tenth person world\u00adwide falls ill each year as a result of consum\u00ading cont\u00ada\u00adm\u00adi\u00adnated food. Germ-free pack\u00adag\u00ading can protect contents from spoil\u00ading along the entire supply chain. This way, food supply can be ensured, even in regions with less infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and extreme temperatures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nonper\u00adish\u00adable with\u00adout involv\u00ading refrig\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and preservatives<\/h5>\n

Bever\u00adage and dairy manu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00aders are there\u00adfore search\u00ading for solu\u00adtions that enable them to pack, trans\u00adport, and store food ecolog\u00adi\u00adcally, econom\u00adi\u00adcally and safely, while keep\u00ading it fresh for as long as possi\u00adble. In line with consumer demands, these compa\u00adnies are increas\u00adingly focus\u00ading on sustain\u00adabil\u00adity and recy\u00adcling management.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A partic\u00adu\u00adlarly effi\u00adcient and sustain\u00adable<\/a> solu\u00adtion is asep\u00adtic pack\u00adag\u00ading in bever\u00adage cartons and plas\u00adtic bottles. This method involves cartons or bottles being ster\u00adil\u00adized and \u2013 once the heat-treated prod\u00aduct has been filled in \u2013 sealed under asep\u00adtic condi\u00adtions. The bever\u00adages or milk prod\u00aducts can then be stored for much longer peri\u00adods \u2013 even at ambi\u00adent, with\u00adout involv\u00ading energy-inten\u00adsive refrig\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and preservatives.<\/p>\n

In the past, pack\u00adag\u00ading was ther\u00admally ster\u00adil\u00adized, but this method consumes a great deal of energy. However, the asep\u00adtic method using oxidants<\/a> like hydro\u00adgen perox\u00adide<\/a> (H2<\/sub>O2<\/sub>) or peracetic acid<\/a> (PAA) has long since taken root, for tech\u00adni\u00adcal and economic reasons.<\/p>\n

However, perox\u00adides are excel\u00adlent perform\u00aders, partic\u00adu\u00adlarly in sustain\u00adabil\u00adity terms. These potent ster\u00adil\u00adiz\u00ading agents do not release any envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally harm\u00adful substances when react\u00ading and are there\u00adfore not harm\u00adful to humans and the natural world. Hydro\u00adgen perox\u00adide breaks down into oxygen and water, while peracetic acid breaks down into acetic acid (vine\u00adgar) and hydro\u00adgen perox\u00adide, and the latter in turn into oxygen and water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAfter test\u00ading and trying out differ\u00adent prod\u00aducts and tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies, the market has decided that disin\u00adfec\u00adtion using perox\u00adides is the best solu\u00adtion for achiev\u00ading asep\u00adtic food pack\u00adag\u00ading,\u201d says Jacobo Villa\u00adgran, Market\u00ading Manager Asep\u00adtic Pack\u00adag\u00ading & Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal at Evonik Active Oxygens. The company manu\u00adfac\u00adtures and markets these chem\u00adi\u00adcals under the OXTERIL\u00ae, CLAR\u00adITY\u00ae, and PERA\u00adCLEAN\u00ae brand names.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal bene\u00adfits of asep\u00adtic pack\u00adag\u00ading ster\u00adil\u00adized with H2<\/sub>O2<\/sub> or PAA<\/h5>\n