OPPORTUNITIES

LYOPHI- L
LIZED
PRODUCTS

yophilization (freeze-drying) is
gaining more and more popularity as the best method to
stabilize perishable products,
and it is making it possible to fight
hunger over-the world by providing dry,
clean, and nutritious products during
times of need.
Lyophilized

in the world's
spotlight

products

are

not

only

healthy. One of their most attractive

advantages is that their life cycle is
longer than non-processed foods. In
some cases, the product can keep its
original taste, smell, color, and other
characteristics intact for years. They do
not need to be refrigerated, and their
microbiology is even better than that of
non-processed products.

When it comes to meat, vegetables,

fruits, species, etc., it might seem unreasonable to discard cooling conservation. However, when using lyophilization
it can be possible to process these foods into dried products through sublimation -which is the process of transforming solids into gas while at no point,
becoming a liquid. This way, the raw material is exposed to extremely low temperatures; so low that the water contained in the original product can easily be
eliminated by sublimation. It is recommended that this process is carried out
in vacuumed products, multiplying the
benefits through the low temperatures,

Some agro-industrial plants are

being developed in Mexico, specially
to produce lyophilizedfruits and
vegetables, due to the advantages they
represent to the market and provide to
customers.

which inactivate any symptoms of an

exacerbated microbiology, and the vacuuming, which lyses. This translates
into a much better final product

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This process allows
distributers to sell a
nutritious product
with an extended
shelf-life.

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Seasonal production makes it difficult

to count on fresh produce all year long.
On the other hand, it is a waste to under sell because of an oversupply. Freeze-drying products can be sold all year
long, and are guaranteed to be fresh
once exposed to the same amount of
water they lost during lyophilization.
It is important to understand that
through lyophilization, we are extracting 90% of the products' original composition. Depending on the production
capacity, if cleaned, the liquid obtained
can be sold as a different product. This
liquid, commonly referred to as "com-

position water", can be bottled and sold

as fruit juice at high prices, gaining two
incomes from one process.
Multinational companies such as Nestle, Quala, Kellogg's, Nutresa, among
others, have turned 1heir heads to take
a closer look to the most efficient methods to obtain dried raw materials for
sauces, soups, jellies, yoghurt, etc., without sacrificing their nutritional value,
color, and taste.
In Mexico, many lyophilization plants
will be built in the near future, as a solution to the greater need of adding value to coffee beans, in order to increase
the producers' profit; they will introduce
this product to a growing market which
is currently supplied only by two South
American companies.

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There is a growing
knowledge about
this technique,
which has proven
to be the best to
preserve the raw
material's original
characteristics.
As an agricultural country, with a great
variety of fruits and vegetables grown in
its soils, Mexico has a major opportunity
in the lyophilized product industry.

Smaller plants will be built for the Iyophilization of fruits and vegetables aimed for children. Our kids' currently-

ce costs. It is important to plan ahead,

and design intelligent spaces that will
meet the process' requirements and

foods for a better quality of life. To meet

this demand with more, better products,
we must consider that every product is

filled-with-junk-food lunch boxes can

be transformed into nutritious and
tasty meals. Furthermore, these small

the equipment specifications.

companies aim to become suppliers

of major multinational companies, and

evident. Some think it is impossible

to obtain the results that this process

different, that every raw material is unique, and that we must use high technology to carry out all necessary analysis
and protocols to meet each product's
Iyophililzation requirements.

exporters of dried products to countries

which present a real demand of these
products, such as Germany, Holland,
France, India, Pakistan, among others.
These countries are currently being supplied by Peru and Colombia, which can
only do so much, for they can meet not
more than 5% of the current demand.

brings, out of ignorance. However, there is a growing knowledge about this technique, which is proven to be the best
in keeping the raw materials' original
characteristics.

The lyophilization process must be carried out at the same place where the
production is being held. This will make
the process more efficient, and will redu-

, 2 ./' AGROEXPANSION

The low popularity of lyophilization is

Armies of many different countries

around the world are demanding free-

Mexico has the geographical capacity to install more lyophilization plants

of fruits, vegetables, and as recently
shown, coffee. This could position our
country as a main exporter of freezedried products.

ze-dried foods. Rescue forces must

always count on a food bank, filled with
nutritious, dried products.

Dr.JorgeRiveraBi61ogo
Universidadde losAndes
Lyophilizationexpert No. 725998
Intota Experts

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