Kreyenborg's Infrared Rotary Drum treating Herbs, Nuts, Seeds or Spices

Advantages for your products

• Validated log-5 reduction of bacterial counts for many different products
• Destruction of pathogenic germs (e.g. salmonella). Already validated for many products by accredited laboratories.
• Reduction of GKZ/TPC, yeast, mold, E. coli, coliforms, germs, etc
• Optional: solution for spore reduction (e.g. for heavily contaminated black pepper)
• Reliable killing has been proven in more than 10,000 individual analyses carried out by accredited laboratories
• Sensory attributes are largely retained: color, taste, essential oils, smell as well as valuable substances and vitamins
• All-natural process - no gases, chemicals or additives used
• Suitable for organic food
• Continuous mixing. No dead spots. Each particle receives the same treatment in duration and temperature.

Advantages of our system

• Natural sterilization by means of infrared light - alternative to ethylene oxide (EtO), propylene oxide (PPO) and gamma irradiation
• Gentle process: minimal mechanical stress on the product
• Suitable for:
• sensitive products (e.g. sliced almonds, bay leaves, camomile)
• products with a high oil content (e.g. cumin)
• products that tend to lose volatile oils (e.g. basil, oregano, lavender)
• products with a high spore load (e.g. black pepper)
• herbs, spices, tea, seeds, cereals, leaves, etc
• Continuous processing
• Homogeneous treatment of the product
• Processing within minutes - short dwell time
• No pre-heating of the system required
• Automatic mode with storage of the respective process parameters
• Data logger
• Stainless-steel construction
• CIP (Cleaning in Place)
• Energy efficiency thanks to the direct operating principle of infrared light