LLC (Long Life Chilled Food)

The diagram figures the relationship between the taste and expiration date of cooked foods.
A freshly prepared food is delicious but has a short expiration date.
Prioritizing expiration date results in a lower level of taste than a freshly prepared food.
The chilled foods are cooked foods that have a taste close to that of freshly prepared food and
have a long expiration date.
By making this chilled foods long life, it can be saved for a long time.

Benefits of LLC (Long Life Chilled)

Benefits of Long Life Chilled

For Long Life Chilled products

Pasteurization and optimal cooling play an important role in the daily life of cooked foods.
Pasteurization is the sterilization method of cold-growing bacteria performing at near cooking
temperatures that do not impair the taste.
The optimal cooling is to cool off as quickly as possible, in a temperature zone where bacteria
can grow easily.
Only when both of pasteurization and optimal cooling met, it is possible to have delicious
cooked foods with long expiration date.

Delicious cooked foods with long expiration date

Production line for long life chilled foods

  • - RCS-SPX

    The sealed chilled foods are uniformly heated and cooled by a hot water spray type sterilizer.
    Air-containing containers can also be processing without impairing the shape of the container.

  • - Applications

    (Tray container products and pouch products)
    Simmered meat and potato, sauteed burdock roots fry, hijiki, potato salad, boiled bean, hamburg, and other cooked foods of Japanese, Western, and Chinese dishes.

  • - Lift steamer Z

    Continuously heat and cool the sealed chilled foods uniformly.
    Since the system is continuous, it is suitable for mass production.

  • - Applications

    (Cup containers and pouch containers)
    Jelly, steamed egg, egg tofu, and boiled beans (vacuum pouches)

  • - RIC

    By removing the air that impedes heat transfer (adopting the original vacuum deaeration system) and applying clean steam directly to the food filled in the container, uniform sterilization is performed in a short time.

  • - Applications

    (Tray Container Products)
    Boiled young sardines, shao-mai, grilled fish, hamburg, food ingredients (dried young sardines, spices, etc.)