A significant part of the foods we consume like meat, ready meals, dressings, plant-based foods, and more are perishable by nature and intrinsically have a limited shelf-life. Additionally, micro-organisms are all around and proliferate rapidly, so at one point they will take over and render these perishable foods inedible. To prolong the shelf-life of foods, protect them and preserve their freshness, we need preservation.
Preservation not only prolongs the shelf-life of food but also ensures food safety, helps maintain nutritional value, and greatly supports food waste reduction. In the food business, these are critical issues that manufacturers and distributors need to consider.
Essential in doing preservation and ensuring a longer shelf-life, is to do it the right way: with natural and sustainable ingredients! At Galactic, we focus our production and development efforts to deliver healthy and natural additives for shelf-life extension to food manufacturers around the world. We have perfected the process of fermentation to create a variety of different ingredients, here is a list:
- Cultured sugars, fermented flours, vinegars and natural flavors to preserve the freshness and protect the high quality of various food products, while benefiting from “clean label” products for your ingredient list.
- Lactic acid to prolong the shelf-life through pH control, acidification, and disinfection processes with application, amongst others, for fish, meat carcasses and fresh vegetables. This is a great way to address the challenges of food preservation.
- Lactates to protect against the factors of spoilage bacteria and maintain a longer microbial shelf-life, thus reducing food waste.
- Specialty lactate-(di)acetate blends for highly efficient protection of meats, prepared meals, and fish against pathogens. These blends are the result of extensive scientific study and are a key part of our ongoing project to improve food safety.
Various packaging options are available, selected to optimize your supply chain and to preserve the safety and freshness of our ingredients, from manufacturing to distribution and always with an eye to cost. In terms of quality, our policy always ensures the delivery of high-quality additives and ingredients.
In our conversations with consumers, we often hear about the importance of expiration dates and proper storage. We provide tips and updates to help families make informed decisions about their food choices. Our services include comprehensive guides and interviews or meetings with application technology experts to keep you informed about the latest trials, news and data, and numbers in food preservation.