Allpax, a ProMach brand, recently delivered a new high-speed automated pouch loading and unloading system to a customer to feed an existing bank of Allpax retorts.

Lightweight, compact, and heat-resistant retort pouches are ideal for preserving food products like baby food, ready-to-eat meals, and pet food through retort sterilization, ensuring longer shelf lives. However, there are limited recyclable options for retort pouches in the market.

Check out how new advancements are making retort equipment more efficient and packaging more eco-friendly. But let's first take a step back and take a wider look at the retort packaging scene.

The new, patented technology enables simultaneous processing of diverse container types, including cans, jars and pouches, in the same equipment.

Huhtamaki has launched three unique and powerful sustainable solutions in mono-material flexible packaging.

PP mono-material barrier packaging suitable for retort sterilization delivers superior recyclability for a more eco-friendly solution.

From filling to sterilizing, flexible packaging must be handled differently than rigid containers.

RT-3000 passed two separate depolymerization processes with very high yields. 

Understanding the typical pros and cons of batch versus continuous and aseptic sterilization of low-acid shelf-stable food and beverage products helps organizations make an informed purchasing decision.