Aseptic Food Processing and Packaging

104The APP of milk and milk products broadens the use of packaging materials to achieve a shelf stable product at room temperature. The primary motivation for the development of the UHT processing and aseptic packaging technology was to achieve a higher-quality product with the same level of microbiological safety as attained in traditional canning processes, lower production costs, increased convenience, continuous production, and lower nutrient loss. However, heat preservation requirements for food safety can and will affect quality. The more severe a sterilization process, the greater will be the degradation of food quality, both in consumer appeal and in nutritional factors, hence the UHT processing and aseptic packaging can be implemented. Indirect heating systems along with paperboard carton forming and packaging machine is the widely used technique for milk and milk products.