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This document discusses retort technology, which is used to thermally process and package foods. There are two main methods - using steam or superheated water to cook food inside sealed packages. The process involves 7 steps: preparation, loading, venting, cooling, processing, blowing down, and unloading. Retort technology has been used for over a century to preserve foods like canned rations for soldiers. Food companies prefer retort packaging as it allows for sterile, fresh, ready-to-eat meals in flexible pouches that can be easily stored and transported. Retort pouches improve food quality and are worth the cost of the advanced technology.

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Retort Technology

This document discusses retort technology, which is used to thermally process and package foods. There are two main methods - using steam or superheated water to cook food inside sealed packages. The process involves 7 steps: preparation, loading, venting, cooling, processing, blowing down, and unloading. Retort technology has been used for over a century to preserve foods like canned rations for soldiers. Food companies prefer retort packaging as it allows for sterile, fresh, ready-to-eat meals in flexible pouches that can be easily stored and transported. Retort pouches improve food quality and are worth the cost of the advanced technology.

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RETORT

TECHNOLOGY

BY DURGA PRASAD
SATHWIK
SANDEEP
DEEPTHI
BATCH 2
GROUP9
INTRODUCTION

Retort technology refers to the technology used in


the thermal processing of food and food products. It
is a rather unique method and is vastly different
from simple packaging as the packages are packed
using metal, some alloys or some flexible laminating
materials. All of this is basically done to prevent the
food from going bad due to a number of reasons,
some of which are microbiological in nature. In this
technology the food is generally processed and
packed together.
WHAT IS RETORT TECHNOLGY?

There are two main ways in which this technology is


used, one is through the use of steam and other is by
using superheated water, which enables the cooking of
food in individual packages itself. With the
advancement in food technology, new innovations in
the food industry are seen every day and since the
application of retort processing in food technology, the
hygiene levels of food packaging have immensely
improved.
STEPS INVOLVED IN RETORT
TECHNOLOGY:
There are seven steps involved in the processing and packaging of food using
retort technology,
Preparation of Retorts: this first step requires the thorough cleaning and
washing of the machinery that is to be used, like – thermometer, valves,
gauges, etc.
Loading: the second step is loading the packaging material, like – cans or
retort pouches.
Venting: Then venting takes place, this is the process which ensures that there
is no pre-existing air in the packaging containers.
Cool off Time: Subsequently, the retorts are given time to rise up to the
temperature needed for processing.
Processing: during this step it is ensured that no fluctuation in temperature
happens throughout the process.
Blowing down: Then the supply of steam is stopped, giving the product time
to cool off.
Unloading: finally, the retorts are packed and ready to be transported.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF
RETORT TECHNOLOGY:

Due to the high demand in ready to eat food a lot of


manufacturers have turned to this mode of production and retort
technology is massively used to process and prepare ready to eat
meals. Even though the use of retort technology in food has
increased only in the recent years, this is not a novel concept.
Retorts, also known as Autoclaves have been a part of the food
industry for over a century now. Even in the Napoleonic wars,
heat was used to preserve food, during the battle of Waterloo the
soldiers were provided rations in cans and even explorers carried
canned foods with them as they lasted long. That was back in the
eighteen hundred. Hence, both the centuries before this one has
seen use of a retort- like technology.
WHY DO FOOD COMPANIES
AND MANUFACTURERS PREFER THIS
RETORT TECHNOLOGY:

Nowadays, with the significant increase in the percentage


of people working, the demand for good quality ready to
eat food has gone up. In today’s fast-paced life people
hardly have time to spend hours cooking meals and hence,
they are on a constant look out for healthy and viable
options that can be easily stored for a longer duration of
time. Foods processed using retort technology usually
come in flexible plastic bags and metal foils, this packaging
material is called a retort pouch. It keeps the food inside
safe from the micro-organisms, bacteria and dust particles,
thus keeping it sterile and fresh.
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS
OF RETORT?

The retort has a lid or door with good


fastening. It has necessary controls for
temperature, pressure and safety devices.
They can also be of circular or rectangular
cross section. In batch systems, the retort is
filled with product, closed and then put
through a processing cycle.
ARE RETORT POUCHES WORTH IT?

Even though to adequate this


high technology is high but it
is worth to have it. From the
results it has been proved that
retort pouches which comes
from the technology of Retort
system has an ability to
improve the sensory quality
of the food products.
THANK YOU

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